Reposted by Roya Khatiblou
Our latest review is out! Matthew Rice’s poetry collection, plastic (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social 2026), radically unites poetry and low-paid labour.
‘In a space of demanding physical labour like the factory floor, poetry is, in fact, a forbidden substance, stimulating the imagination.’
independentlituk.substack.com
Poetry of precarious lives
Matthew Rice’s plastic breaks down the barriers between labour and intellectual life
![Cream background with black text reading [Calligraphy script] Café Littéraire: [regular script] European Book Club; [calligraphy] with Eleonora Balsano. A photo of the book is in the bottom right corner. It is blue with black art deco-style arches. In gold lettering, Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming, and in white, László Krasznahorkai. In blue, winner of the international Booker prize. To the left of the photo: Online. 13 January 2026. 6pm GMT/7PM CET](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3buest6th6pa4r3dc4ukfusi/bafkreihi5rvf6gpvyvymkn4cy675lkykfdngr5nhd3m7oetczc4vw2frqa)
