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Poor Artists by The White Pube gamesSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 'Irreverent, provocative and funny' Dazed 'This book might change the way you look at art, or change the way you feel it' Daisy Hildyard 'A full throated defence of the inherent value of making, experiencing and talking about art' Frieze 'Let me stay there, let me paint. Let me go to bed when the sun comes up. I don't want life to sharpen me.' Why make art? Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into

Eight years later

whitewashed spaces to more colourful interiors

but soon the story leads him into a puzzle he never expected - his own work and what it means

which brings together three festive stories

It’s not just the perfect venue but also the perfect supply partner for the autumnal-themed bash Wren envisions

'Should revolutionise our understanding of human life' George Monbiot

Why does cheese smell

Together these poems catalogue the desires and fears that underlie our ordinary existences - love and heartbreak

a riveting read' Jeremy Paxman 'A truly inspiring read' Sir Ranulph Fiennes' It simply fizzes with insights into the sublime madness of mountaineering' Roger Deakin

he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church

Oxford University PressISBN: 9780192802392Extent: 160 pages

The book also features an introduction and appendices by renowned fantasy editor Marvin Kaye