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Sick Note (Olivia De Zilva, Pink Shorts Press)

Tuesday, 7 July 2026    Books+Publishing
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Sick Note is Olivia De Zilva’s (Plastic Budgie, Eggshell) debut poetry collection, exploring capitalism, work, chronic illness, un/underemployment and identity politics. The collection is almost irrefutably “zillennial”, occupying the peculiar cusp between the millennial and Gen Z experiences. A reference to a voice-activated diary evokes a childhood that was neither...

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