Joke Book by Tessa Berring carcanet city streets and bedsits

city streets and bedsits

we follow a journey from adolescence to adulthood - experiencing the complexities of coming out

moving poems climb over a great deal of 20th century European culture – often feeling like Super 8 movies of a disappeared world

the “Art Deco walkway over the beltline/[ with a] Chain link fence to discourage jumpers

Joke Book by Tessa Berring carcanet city streets and bedsitsJoke Book is an expression of Berrings love of the joke form as a miniature conversation or unfamiliar exchange. Momentary pieces of theatre, a joke can turn language over and onto its side, revealing both the lightness of a word and the unfixed nature of meaning.