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V. Press is v v delighted to share the National Poetry Day publication of My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social – a chapbook of poetry that is very visceral and very hopeful!
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“[…] This is a fierce and compassionate collection of poems, one that explores women’s health, societal experience and survival. [...]”
JP Seabright on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“I’m just working differently.
Like a toaster that makes tea
or a kettle that gives compliments.”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“Leaden tiredness:
my chest crushed by a felled tree or two,
mind too weak to ask for help.”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“I’m flailing like an animal who forgot how to make sounds
and no one looks back, no one calls for me”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“confessing to the person I love most
feeling like I’m held together by masking tape”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“[…] These poems are deeply moving and beautifully arranged and ultimately – in a world that so desperately needs it – hopeful.”
Laura Besley on My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“the anger curling around my tendons
my skin feeling over-touched or coarse
like it’s covered in sand”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“everything being a symptom
not being believed”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“Their face was a charcoal drawing
without any colour, empty spaces
which taunted me. An outline of a person.”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social
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“You meet others outside the school gates,
drawn together like animals sniffing out a prize
but the prize is a mirage”
My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social

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It's the first Sunday of the month, which means it's time for our new featured publication! During September and October we're showcasing Wild Boar by Jenny Hope: @vpresslit.bsky.social @jennyhope.bsky.social
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An autumn update -- exciting news, reviews & coming soon!
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Now in stock & available to pre-order: My Body is a Stranger by Nikki Dudley @nikkidudleywriter.bsky.social – a chapbook of poetry that is very visceral and very hopeful!
vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-body-is...