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Most titles published by if p then q are in the if p then q classics range: a series of full length collections by the most important contemporary poets around. One off projects are also to be found in this section.

Lucy Harvest Clarke / Silveronda
Published November 2009
81 pp
£8.00
ISBN: 978-0-9558641-4-8

SAMPLES:
1. What am i to write
2. cotton book

Lucy Harvest Clarke’s poems merge the surreal into the common place. Using a blend of sprung rhythm and jacked up line endings a subtle erotic poise bobs up into and then out of sight like a fairground duckshoot; you keep wanting to have another go, you can't help admiring the trick. Silveronda is her debut collection. Work has featured in Parameter, Greatworks, onedit and The Other Room anthology 2009.

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P. Inman / Ad Finitum
Published November 2008
114 pp
£8.00
ISBN: 978-0-9558641-3-1

Ad Finitum continues p.inman’s unique examination of the page, the word and the non-word. What happens when not only syntax is broken down but when words do not always label? What happens when words are beautiful? If this is your first time reading inman get ready for a blast. If you’re already familiar with his work then get ready for a super helping.
Sample from Ad Finitum

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Tom Jenks / A Priori
Published April 2008
73pp
£8.00
ISBN: 978-0-9558641-0-0

Tom Jenks first collection is a tour de force. A mixture of the playful and the serious. A Priori is, in some respects, quintessentially English and on the other hand more modern than anything else around; exploring the themes of identity (on and off the internet) and possible futures with the advent of the long tail.

Sample poem from A Priori

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Joy as Tiresome Vandalism / aRb (aR)
Published August 2008
27 pp (6 colour photos)
Heavy duty coloured envelope, wax seal
£10.00
ISBN: 978-0-9558641-1-7

Sample work from aRb (aR)

Joy as Tiresome Vandalism spent one year working together to create this poetry/photo combo. Each month a piece of work (either poem or photo) was responded to. This process went on for twelve months so that in each collection there are six photos and six poems. aRb (aR) starts with a poem. aRb (Rb) starts with a photo. Both these titles are limited editions of 50. Get them while you can.

Joy as Tiresome Vandalism / aRb (Rb)
Published August 2008
17 pp (8 colour images)
Heavy duty coloured envelope, wax seal
£4.00
ISBN: 978-0-9558641-2-4

Sample work from aRb (Rb)

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