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Darby Hudson

WORKING NINE LIVES - paperback, poetry (2024)

WORKING NINE LIVES - paperback, poetry (2024)

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WORKING NINE LIVES  (2024)

"Never check your reflection at work. It's like waking mid-surgery and your spirit will go into shock"

WORKING NINE LIVES is a collection based on my viral TikTok and Instagram videos (over 5 million views as spoken word) on the cult of nine-to-five, art and culture.
  • Paperback
  • 94 pages
  • Prose-poetry
  • Worldwide delivery

A job recruiter once said to me, "Darby, you keep getting thrown into the air like a cat and landing on your feet". So began the rambles in my head that became this bunch of sideways brain-monkeys where I crap on about: tips to save your soul in full time work; the joy of quitting your job; hiding in work toilets; the strangeness of work meetings; and finding hope outside the day job... through art. Based on my experiences working in offices to warehouses over 30 years. Also a little on the pursuit of dreams outside of work, art and culture.

Here you can find some of my work that has inspired the book on TikTok

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Agu
Brilliant! ❤️

Brilliant author, love you Hudson!

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ADA
My sons Christmas present

Hi Darby, I've bought this book for my son for Christmas. He's twentyfive, and I think it's the perfect age for him to get a warning about cooperate jobs ... I bought it, because a good friend of mine recommend it. We live in Denmark, and he heard your poetry on BBC radio. My friend is from England. Now your work is here in Denmark as well, slowly seeping into this part of the world. Keep going! We are cheering for you from up North.

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Kimberley Sachs
Nice

Good good 👍
Definitely recommend.

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Anna Sweet
It's all true

For anyone working in the corporate world feeling at odds with almost everything and everyone in their environment, this one's for you, baby.

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Agata Pona
Working 9 Lives

Thank you for sending your book all the way to Poland :) I love it and keep it out all the time so I can leaf through it and remind myself that my suspicions about reality have been right for most of my life. My husband doesn't "do" poetry, but he loves to sit down and read a few pages here and there muttering "Damn. Yes." Thank you for sending it via normal mail without human interaction and signatures needed. It would have never gotten to me.