BOOKS

the myth of this is that we're all in this together

Poetry
2015 (second edition, 2018)
Publisher: uHlanga Press (Cape Town)

ABOUT:

Equal parts flippant and plaintive, Nick Mulgrew’s first collection of poems, the myth of this is that we’re all in this together, is a three-part meditation on the ways in which people lose trust in each other, their communities, and themselves. Experimentally laced with monologue, anecdote and truism, these 32 self-aware, diary-esque poems languish in the small sadnesses and frayings of a terminally uncertain society in a socially-mediated age.

REVIEWS:

"Excellent. [Mulgrew] is distinguished by his concern with the musicality of language [and] the echoing in looser structures of more formal verse. [A] writer who capably handles a wide range of tones, styles and techniques." – Stanzas

"A quieter voice, sometimes a little world-weary, always conscious of the gap between speaking and being heard. Mulgrew has a fine ear for the different registers of language that express whole worlds of feeling." – Chimurenga Chronic

“Mulgrew pushes the idea of breaking away from poetry structure and writes in a style that is uniquely his own.” – The Mercury

"Quirky and playful. A wry satire of contemporary culture." – City Press