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When his partner suddenly died, life changed utterly for Paul Stephenson. Hard Drive is the outcome of his revisiting a world he thought he knew, but which had been upended. In poems that are affectionate, self-examining, sometimes funny and often surprised by grief in the oddest corners, the poet takes us through rooms, routines, and rituals of bereavement, the memory of love, a shared life and separation. A noted formalist, with a flair for pattern and procedural writing, Stephenson has written a remarkable first book, moving and, despite everything, a hopeful record of a gay relationship. It is also a landmark elegy collection.
Paul Stephenson studied modern languages and linguistics. He has published three pamphlets: Those People (Smith/Doorstop, 2015), which won the Poetry Business pamphlet competition; The Days that Followed Paris (HappenStance, 2016), written after the November 2015 terrorist attacks; and Selfie with Waterlilies (Paper Swans Press, 2017). In 2013/14 he took part in the Jerwood/Arvon mentoring scheme and the Aldeburgh Eight, before completing an MA in Creative Writing (Poetry) with the Manchester Writing School. In 2018 he coedited the ‘Europe’ issue of Magma (70) and currently co-curates Poetry in Aldeburgh. He is a university teacher and researcher, and lives between Cambridge and Brussels.
* Stephenson’s first book is a landmark elegy collection: moving and, despite everything, a hopeful record of a gay relationship * Written over 6 years, following the sudden death of the poet’s long-term partner, these poems are affectionate, self-examining, sometimes funny and often surprised by grief in the oddest corners * In the first half, the poet negotiates the practicalities of a death, the people and ‘stuff’ left behind, while the second half goes back in time to explore first love and the tensions of starting out together in a same-sex relationship
'Using words as footholds, Paul's poems stride confidently into thrilling, uncharted terrain.' - The Huffington Post
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