The Thin Book of Poems is the hit poetry collection from Lach, founder of the historical music and art phenomenon dubbed ‘Antifolk’. (This is the new, third edition featuring a white cover with special "pull quotes" from Bob Dylan and Suzanne Vega!)

Lach and Antifolk have been called the inheritors of the Beat movement, inspiring thousands of artists and the formation of everything from nightclubs to magazines to record labels all over the world. This groundbreaking collection of Lach’s poetry includes work featured on BBC Radio 4’s The Lach Chronicles (Top Radio Pick Hit from The London Times, The Observer, The Independent, The Telegraph and RadioTimes)!

"Lach is great!" - Bob Dylan

"Lach is incredibly bright, influential, funny, smart, with his own counter-culture charm. He’s become part of New York folklore."-Suzanne Vega

"Lach is NYC’s living legend. The roots of modern songwriting: Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett, The New York Dolls, Nick Drake and Lach!"-Timeout London

“It’s perfect.” - taostyle.net

“In places the autobiographical accents of Betjeman meet the curl of TS Eliot, but the driving force is pure Lach. There is a firm understanding of rhythm and cadence, voice and pause, which you would expect from a musician. There is a great deal of good here with a flourish of the outstandingly beautiful.” - stirlingwriter.com

"Lach is like a Lower East Side rendezvous of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Like black snow, stalled subway cars and random violence, Lach is a Manhattan institution."-NY Times

"Lach is so what the East Village used to be all about. He's a gruff‑and-tough punk turned poet with a heart of gold."-Timeout New York

'Be warm with me
Leave your cool life behind
Give it flowers and an ashtray
and send cool away
Rub your soul and circulate your blood
Be warm
Be atomic
Scintillate and shine!'

(From Lach’s poem Death is Cool)