Neon Manila by Troy Cabida Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025 Sadie McCarney ‘Nagra push[es] the puckishness of

‘Nagra push[es] the puckishness of his style to address social themes of increasing significance

The poems explore our complex humanity and confront loss and trauma with a refreshing honesty: it's unbearable to think alone

‘waves/ of bioluminescence/ carrying iron chains’

She also translates Latin

Neon Manila by Troy Cabida <b> Poetry Book Society Recommendation Winter 2025 </b> Sadie McCarney ‘Nagra push[es] the puckishness ofPublished 30th October 2025. Neon Manila is an exploration of the queer Filipino body in all of its skin and glitter. Looking at pop music, fashion, jewellery, dating mishaps, and everyday London life, the poems in this collection seek a better grasp of the relationships we build with ourselves, of the internal as constantly contoured by the external.