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Talking Myself Home: My Life in Verses

Talking Myself Home: My Life in Verses

by IanMcMillan (Author)

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    Hardcover 2008

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Synopsis

A regular on Radio 4, he had been described by the Observer as the funniest, quirkiest, sharpest poet, comedian and broadcaster in the business. Born in Yorkshire in 1956, he still lives there today and is poet-in-residence at Barnsley FC.

With signature down-to-earth charm, Talking Myself Home tells Ian's life story in poems. Hilarious memories blend with acute observations: from his formation of Barnsleys first folk-rock band Oscar and the Frog and his stint working at a tennis-ball factory, to raising his three children and coming to terms with his parents' deaths.

It is the story of a place where coal-pits once dominated the skyline. With its milk floats and jumble sales, municipal library and church halls, it is a small corner of the world. Yet its a corner that sings.

Talking Myself Home is also Ian's personal homage to the power of words in shaping his life. And these playful, haunting poems are, themselves, testaments to the imaginative delights of words.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 112
 Publisher: John Murray
Published: 04 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 1848540450
ISBN 13: 9781848540453
Book Overview: Ian McMillan, the Bard of Barnsley and a national treasure, brings us his autobiography in verse.

Media Reviews
A breath of fresh air * Observer *
One of my all-time heroes - he's such a talented bloke, I could kill him * Mike Harding *
A jovial poetic troll * Mark Radcliffe *
'Talking Myself Home has a relaxed generosity and it is impossible not to be charmed by it' * The Times *
'Great book and some very amusing musings!' * The Bookfiend's Kingdom *
'Ian McMillan is unpretentious, warm-hearted and fun...great stuff!' * Observer *
'It's impossible not to like McMillan. If they made him poet laureate on Friday, a lot more people would be reading poetry by Monday' * Guardian *
'Wonderful stuff' * Bill Greenwell, Independent *
'Ian McMillan has helped make poetry accessible and popular' * Bradford Telegraph and Argus *
Author Bio
Ian McMillan hosts the weekly words show The Verb on Radio 3. He is Yorkshire Planetariums Poet in Space, Poet-in-Residence at Barnsley FC and The Academy of Urbanism, Humberside Police's Beat Poet and Yorkshire TVs Investigative Poet. He has been a regular on Newsnight Review, The Mark Radcliffe Show, The Today Programme, You & Yours and Have I Got News For You? Cats make him sneeze. His poetry shows are the stuff of legend.