Author: Eileen Myles
Publisher: Hanuman
Paperback
One of our books of the year 2024!
Lu says: As a long-time Eileen fan, I loved this debut short story collection. What felt initially like a departure from their more familiar poetry format, became a compact and rich continuation of Myles’ starkly honest autobiographical voice, effusing stories of being queer, working class and always in flux - with both people and place. I read this in one sitting on the train to Glasgow - thinking of Oisín who had just moved there and recommended it to me - and felt a warm recognition of Myles’ confrontation with pain and love, of coming close to another. Bread and Water sounds a truthful tone, with a wink of knowing mischiefness.