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The Conversation Paperpress is a publisher of poetry books, pamphlets and a magazine promoting unheard, international and socially critical voices, and experimental styles.

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The Anatomist

The Anatomist
Luigi Marchini

Marchini’s first solo collection of poetry dissects the world he sees around him, breaking it down into its constituent parts and rebuilding with a dark but tender and willful vision.

"...strikingly visceral, sensual and thoughtful. These carefully-crafted pieces often cause the reader to double-take, to delve back into their emotional and physical mysteries. The Anatomist introduces a subtle and surprising new voice, as witty and intelligent as it is tender." - Abi Curtis



State of the Nation

State of the Nation:
Contemporary Zimbabwean Poetry

State of the Nation glimpses across generations to bring together 30 Zimbabwean poets in the first dedicated anthology for over two decades. In Zimbabwe, the art of conversation had become steadily harder, paralysed by political wrangling. Unasked questions, unstated views, unattainable dreams and unfulfilled promises have all been part of the formulae of a failed government. But through this decline the driving need for self-expression has remained, and found an opening on the page. The poets in this anthology burst out with a certainty and an urgency which scream – it must be told!