Useless Magic
Lyrics and Poetry
- Published: 5 July 2018
- ISBN: 9780241983836
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Her first book of poetry is an elegant collaged scrapbook
Observer
A varied, visually arresting tome, it brings together poems, lyrics, sketches and notes from Welch's personal and professional life, making the reader feel as though they're peeking into a private journal
Refinery 29
A treasure . . . beautiful. Generous in its honesty, by the end you feel as though you have climbed into the colourful, and sometimes tortured, world of a passionate artist
iNews
Pop's high priestess bares her soul in this candid collection of poems and lyrics . . . offering a chance to appreciate on the bare stage of the blank page the fineness of her words. And like fellow poet-musician Nick Cave, Welch has found a way for the song and the voice of the rabbit-hearted girl to coexist
Observer
An alchemy of memoir and imagination
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