Affordable Angst: Selected Poems by Mercedes Cebrian, trans. By Terence Dooley shearsman books ‘The astonishing poems in Nicki

‘The astonishing poems in Nicki Heinen’s new collection have an exceptional diamond clarity and a richly self-aware sense of humour

Fiona Purves

pour vodka on the flames and dance with you in the light

Glyn Edwards

like wrought iron'

Affordable Angst: Selected Poems by Mercedes Cebrian, trans. By Terence Dooley shearsman books ‘The astonishing poems in NickiMercedes Cebrian is interested in how the ideas and ideals by which we live our lives intersect with the minutiae of those lives: food, decor, travel, taxes, relationships, celebrity watching, the quiddity of the everyday. I remember a board game from my child hood: trees, houses, cars, tiny people with fixed smiles, lives mapped out, with consumer choices made for you and decisions taken for you on the little question cards she writes in the poem