Museum of Ice Cream is Jenna Clake's second collection, following her debut Fortune Cookie (2017), winner of an Eric Gregory Award, shortlisted for a Somerset Maugham Award. An uncanny examination of objects, scenes and flavours, these poems explore how food can connect or divide, can feel isolating or terrifying, and what it mean to have a secret.
A lyrical novel about the lingering physical and psychological effects of domestic abuse and the main character's discovery of and descent into the the occult to try and banish the presence haunting her life.
This groundbreaking study examines the pervasive influence of Whiteness in contemporary British and US Absurdist poetry, highlighting how it shapes themes, characters, and narratives. By analyzing various works, the book reveals the ways in which poets confront and challenge racial constructs, offering insights into the complexities of identity and representation within the genre. Through a critical lens, it uncovers the intersections of race and absurdity, contributing to a deeper understanding of modern poetic expressions.
Poetry. FORTUNE COOKIE is Jenna Clake's debut collection. These poems deal with the everyday and ordinary: living with a partner, friendships, and chronic insomnia. At the same time, they contain confusing, absurd worlds: animals can talk, boyfriends are imagined or might be seals, and jellyfish are slowly taking over. At once humorous, poignant and unsettling, this collection considers how we might make sense of a world that really makes no sense at all.
We are thrilled that prize-winning poet Jenna Clake has agreed to let us produce her first published pamphlet, Clake/ Interview for, which follows on from her stunning debut collection, Fortune Cookie (Eyewear, 2017). #2 in our Experimental Pamphlet Series, this wonderful work consists of two long poems only. But what glorious long poems they are! Both are written in Jenna's trademark deadpan, wide-eyed, wonderfully observational style, in which her humour is evident but always seem to be engulfed by a deep and undisturbed sadness. These poems will bear reading multiple times, and each time something new will be communicated. Wonderful, wonderful work! Jenna Clake's debut collection, Fortune Cookie, was awarded the Melita Hume Prize and shortlisted for a Somerset Maugham Award. In 2018, she received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors.