STOP ALL THE CLOCKS

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Stop All the Clocks contains twenty-one poems, each responding to a film that has brought me comfort throughout my life. The title of each poem is borrowed from the title of its corresponding film. In these poems, I draw parallels between the themes of each film and my own life story. This collection serves as a reclamation of my humanity against the apostasy and anti- gay laws in Islam and represents a point of healing after experiencing narcissistic abuse under my mother’s theocratic rule. I write this small collection not as a victim, but as an individual who was once victimised by Islamic tyranny and parental abuse, yet has now been empowered by Australia, which granted me the freedom to enact my natural agency. Through this journey, I have escaped the bondage of man’s enslavement and his continued insistence on living in a state of self-imposed immaturity, even after reaching maturity. 

PRAISE FOR STOP ALL THE CLOCKS

‘This timely, intimate collection by renowned Melbourne-based poet Magan Magan is at once emblematic of Australian poetry: bold, accessible and achingly necessary.’ — Yvette Henry-Holt

‘The breadth of Magan Magan’s latest collection is both impressive and devastating. Confronting the human condition at its core, this remarkable work explores love, family, identity, faith, and personal resurrection through skillfully constructed verse that is unfailing in its honesty and vulnerability. The use of film to signify crucial moments in the poet’s life creates an intimate space for the reader to become both viewer and witness. This volume is not just a record of survival, but of triumph, revealing a courageous, defiant, and extraordinary poetic voice. Simply, Magan’s finely crafted poems are a revelation.’ — Robbie Coburn

Ferocious and tender, lucid yet lyrical, the poems in this collection form a heartbreaking memoir that traverses love, loss, triumph, and survival.’ — Maxine Beneba Clarke 

Edited by Michele Seminara 

ISBN: 978-0-6483713-4-2

Chapbook, 36 pages, softcover, perfect bound. Postage: $5 in Australia, $10 international

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