CNUT: tide and time wait for no man

By Nathan Evans

'Poignant, humane and uncompromising' —STEPHEN MORRISON-BURKE
As King Cnut proved, tide and time wait for no human: An AnthropoScene, the first part of this collection, dives into the rising tides of geo-political change, the second, Our Future Is Now Downloading, explores sea-changes of more personal natures. Nathan's debut, Threads, was long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize. _x0003_His follow-up bears all the watermarks of someone who's swum life's emotional spectrum. Short and (bitter)sweet, this is poetry for a mobile generation, poetry for sharing – often humorous, always honest about contemporary human experience, saying more in a few lines than _x0003_politicians say in volumes, it offers an antidote to modern living

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inkandescent
• Release date: Nov 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781912620159

Nathan Evans

Nathan Evans’ fiction has been anthologized by Muswell Press (Queer Life, Queer Love) and published in Queerlings magazine. His poetry has been published by Fourteen Poems, Broken Sleep, Dead Ink, Impossible Archetype, Royal Society of Literature and Manchester Metropolitan University. His collection, Threads, was long-listed for the Polari First Book Prize, his second collection CNUT is published by Inkandescent. He was long-listed for the 2020 Live Canon Poetry Competition and shortlisted for the Carlo Annoni Prize 2020. His work in theatre and film has been funded by Arts Council England, toured with the British Council, archived in the British Film Institute, broadcast on Channel 4 and presented at venues including Royal Festival Hall and Royal Vauxhall Tavern.

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BIOGRAPHY

Nathan is a writer, director and performer, whose work has been funded by the Arts Council, toured with the British Council, archived in the British Film Institute and broadcast on Channel Four. His poetry has been published by Dead Ink, Inky Needles, Poetry Space, Manchester Metropolitan University and performed at Jazz Verse Jukebox, Coffee-House Poetry, Hammer & Tongue, Bang Said the Gun. His first collection, Threads, a collaboration with photographer Justin David, is published by Inkandescent and was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize.

Shows include SwanSong (And What? Queer Arts Festival), Foreign Affairs (Voila European Theatre Festival), I Love You But We Only Have Fourteen Minutes To Save The Earth (Soho Theatre), Flights of Fancy (Latitude Festival), Puppetry of the Pops (Drill Hall), Guerrilla Gardening (Pleasance), VauxhallVille (Royal Vauxhall Tavern), Theatre of Therapy (Chelsea Theatre), We’re Not in Kansas Any More (Southbank Centre), Unplugged (Soho Theatre), Breaking the Silence (Arcola), Femme Fatale (Wilton’s), The Novice Detective (Contact), Monsters (Leicester Square Theatre).

Films include Curtains (Flare Film Festival), Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide (London Short Film Festival), Meeting Mr Crisp (British Council), The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp (Channel) and You Made Me Love You (BFI Mediatheque).

As performer, he’s worked at venues including Roundhouse, Traverse, ICA, BAC, Little Angel, Hoxton Hall, Wonderground and Glastonbury festival. He’s principle oboe with London Gay Symphony Orchestra and was part of the BBC’s Great Orchestra Challenge.

Nathan studied Fine Art at Oxford University. He lives and works in London.

www.nathanevans.co.uk

praise for Nathan Evans

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‘In this bright and beautiful collaboration, poetry and photography join hands,

creating sharp new ways to picture our lives and loves.’

NEIL BARTLETT, on Threads

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‘Side-splittingly funny and achingly romantic. A