Arlo Parks Announces Debut Poetry Collection 'The Magic Border'

If you're a fan of English singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, you know she's always identified as a poet in addition to being a musician. Now, the My Soft Machine artist has announced a debut book called The Magic Border – a collection of her poetry.

The Magic Border: Poetry and Fragments From My Soft Machine is out September 12 via HarperCollins and its imprints 4th Estate and Dey Street Books. The book features 20 new poems, plus lyrics from Parks’ most recent album My Soft Machine.

"Writing poetry, to me, is about profound interiority," Parks said in a statement. "It is about wading into the saltwater of your own body, capillaries bursting, eyes brimming, unmoored. This collection is the fruit of that inner probing. It is a tangled mass of everything that has made me angry or giddy or low or impossibly happy to be alive."

Parks has also revealed it's taken guts for her to share her literary work. "It has taken me almost [23] years to share my poetry beyond a few trusted friends," she's stated. "Poetry was my place, my little clearing in the forest, where I could quietly put everything I was holding. I’m not sure what gave me the courage to open up that space to you but here I am, doing it. I am proud to show you this personal lens that life shimmers through. This book is no longer mine. It is yours."

You can pre-order Parks' new book here. In other Arlo Parks news, the singer recently performed a smooth cover of Jai Paul’s “Jasmine” on SiriusXMU.

See Arlo Parks' official book announcement below.

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