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'Raw and beautiful and completely devoid of pretension, Ali Whitelock’s poems will speak to anyone who’s ever messed up, been confused, wished they’d done things differently; to anyone who’s had an affair and regretted it, who’s been loved completely but was too blind to see it.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: To Thomas, whose wisdom saw beyond the insanity and loved me still.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Irene Bell Reviews and My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 29 2020; (p. 140-142)
— Review of And My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can 2018 selected work poetry -
Ivy Ireland Reviews Ali Whitelock’s and My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 91 2019; -
Ali Whitelock : And My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 June - 6 July 2018;'Poetry and comedy meet in Ali Whitelock’s poetry collection and my heart crumples like a coke can. As in a stand-up routine, these poems offer sharp social observation, frankness played for laughs and nourishing doses of swearing. And as with the best poetry, they refresh our language, pay homage to tradition as the generative source of art, and surprise and delight as wit slides into beauty or pathos. The effect of the defamiliarisations and transformations of both comedy and poetry can be invigorating. The reader receives a double shot of revitalisation here.' (Introduction)
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Irene Bell Reviews and My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 29 2020; (p. 140-142)
— Review of And My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can 2018 selected work poetry -
Ali Whitelock : And My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 June - 6 July 2018;'Poetry and comedy meet in Ali Whitelock’s poetry collection and my heart crumples like a coke can. As in a stand-up routine, these poems offer sharp social observation, frankness played for laughs and nourishing doses of swearing. And as with the best poetry, they refresh our language, pay homage to tradition as the generative source of art, and surprise and delight as wit slides into beauty or pathos. The effect of the defamiliarisations and transformations of both comedy and poetry can be invigorating. The reader receives a double shot of revitalisation here.' (Introduction)
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Ivy Ireland Reviews Ali Whitelock’s and My Heart Crumples like a Coke Can
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 91 2019;
