The gorgeous, crystalline debut collection from rising star Liz Berry. In "Black Country," Liz Berry takes us home: to Wrens Nest, Gosty Hill, Bilston; to the summer where she first learned to talk; to the woods where the secrets are hidden. A parade of riotous characters abound: the Bone Orchard Wench, the Lady Rotcatcher, Carmella 'Ower Lady of the Hairdresser'. But her poems also transport us into other, different worlds of the poet's imagination: the memories and magic of childhood to the dawning of adulthood and the dark, sweet mysteries of love and sexuality. Ablaze with energy...
The gorgeous, crystalline debut collection from rising star Liz Berry. In "Black Country," Liz Berry takes us home: to Wrens Nest, Gosty Hill, Bil...
*'The Republic of Motherhood' shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem*`I crossed the border into the Republic of Motherhoodand found it a queendom, a wild queendom.'In this bold and resonant gathering of poems, Liz Berry turns her distinctive voice to the transformative experience of new motherhood.
*'The Republic of Motherhood' shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem*`I crossed the border into the Republic of Motherhoodand found it...