Hilary Menos
Vox Wah-Wah When Hilary Menos got together with guitarist Andy Brodie she found herself sharing space with a 1967 Gretsch Double Anniversary, a 1962 Vox AC30 and an array of guitar pedals with names like Dr Scientist Reverberator, Nocturne Dyno Brain and Rozz Super Baby Flanger. Soon she could tell a Tele from a Strat …
My first cow was a Red Devon called Hannibal. She was a looker, and she knew it – boxy with a straight back, a deep red-brown coat, and tight curls on her forehead and forequarters. She behaved like a supermodel – stubborn at a threshold, flouncing through tall grass, always showing her best side. All …
And it’s not just forks. Prize-winning poet Hilary Menos calls in whole canteens of cutlery. That includes asparagus tongs, teaspoons with wrythen knops, a caviar shovel and a set of butter knives. Not to mention zombies, an oyster shucker, a burr grinder, a salt sabre and a brass pendulum. But (like all poetry) Fear of Forks is really …
Human Tissue was a winner in The Poetry Business Book & Pamphlet Competition 2019-20 HUMAN TISSUE because that’s what’s written on the white insulated bags they use to transport organs for transplant. Sometimes HUMAN ORGAN, or ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT, but mostly HUMAN TISSUE. In blue capital letters on a white background — like the cover of this …
In Red Devon Hilary Menos — a self-confessed ‘blow in’ from ‘upcountry’ — reveals her experiences of moving into a tight-knit rural community and examines the human and animal costs of the conflict between traditional farming and modern commercial agriculture. She also tells the story of a burgeoning love affair between farmer Grunt Garvey and haulier …
Wheelbarrow Farm was a winner in the 2010 Templar Pamphlet & Collection Awards. Smalll farms — especially organic farms — had it tough in 2009 in the UK. Wheelbarrow Farmexamines the often grim business of farming and farm workers in and around an area of South Devon. The characters who populate this short collection are fictional, but …
