Photo by Tom Spray
Update: Listen to Harvey read her poem "The Guest Room" (and read the text of the poem) over at The New Yorker.
PJ Harvey has announced her first book: a 224-page collection of images and poetry created in collaboration with photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy, titled The Hollow of the Hand. According to Amazon, the new text arrives October 20, 2015 in the United States (October 8 in the United Kingdom) via Bloomsbury Circus, and was crafted in the wake of her last album, 2011's Let England Shake. T**he Hollow of the Hand chronicles the authors' travels around the world between 2011 and 2014, to locations such as Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington, D.C.
In a press release, Harvey reflected on the origins of the project:
PJ Harvey and Murphy previously partnered for a series of 12 short films inspired by Let England Shake.
Recently, PJ Harvey recorded a cover of Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" for the BBC TV drama "Peaky Blinders", and was awarded an honorary degree from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Watch Murphy's short film for "The Last Living Rose", from Let England Shake: