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    Alexa, what is there to know about love?
    Alexa, what is there to know about love?
    Alexa, what is there to know about love?
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    Alexa, what is there to know about love?

    By Brian Bilston

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    ‘Bilston is a magician with words’ - Guardian

    The perfect, witty gift for Valentine’s and beyond.


    Alexa, what is there to know about love? is a wonderful collection of poems by Brian Bilston, Twitter’s ‘unofficial poet laureate’, in which he frets over the challenges of modern life, extols the pleasures of books, broods over politics, and ponders the curiosities of language.

    But at its heart, this is a collection of poems about love. From our caveman days to the internet era, from first dates to love in old age, Alexa, what is there to know about love? has a love poem for every time, place and occasion – and will stir the soul of even the most jaded romantic.

    ‘Brian Bilston is a laureate for our fractured times.’ - Ian McMillan

    ‘Someone who knows their way round both a joke and a bittersweet narrative.’ - The Times

    ‘Part John Cooper Clarke, part Frank Sidebottom . . . all brilliant.’ - Esquire

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateJan 21, 2021
    ISBN9781529059588
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    Brian Bilston

    Brian Bilston has been described as Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate. With over 250,000 followers on social media, Brian has become truly beloved by the online community. He has published several collections of poetry, You Took the Last Bus Home, and Alexa, what is there to know about love?, and his novel Diary of a Somebody was shortlisted for the Costa first novel award. He has also published a collection of football poetry, 50 Ways to Score a Goal, and his acclaimed poem Refugees has been made into an illustrated book for children.

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