The Poet Annie Freud is the eldest daughter of the late British painter Lucien Freud. Her poem, The Best Man That Ever Was, was recorded in 2007 in London. The mischievous tone the poet takes in this vivid audio piece about a man and woman sharing an intimate moment made me think of Jordan Peteson and the serious business of salvaging contemporary masculinity.
(Freud has been described as a poet who writes with “real gusto”. A Guardian review talks about the “obvious delight’ that she takes in language, describing The Best Man That Ever Was as a “magpie-like collection of odd and beautiful words and phrases”. Freud’s poems are chaotic, hectic and witty; are a romp through London, its melancholy and beauty; are a sumptuous tumble through love, appetites and desire.)