
Grief Stitches
Emily Harrison(Author)
Makina Books (Publisher)
Published on 30. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
36 pages
978-1-8384362-7-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Grief Stitches, Emily Harrison has created a remarkable series of poems that exist in a continual state of suspension. Throughout, there is an uncanny sense of 'almost'-almost understanding-almost recovering from-almost suffocating-almost free. These poems crackle with vividity as much as they shift, challenging us to consider the speakers' weighted existence as they navigate between recovery and survival, charm and approval.
Here, Swindon's uneven landscape is scored with phone boxes and sugar-the ground slowly thickening around each chaotic detail with moments of calm and domestic comfort. From addiction and abuse to actualising a selfhood, this exciting and original poetic enquiry deftly explores the possibilities of a life where everyday suffering is replaced with small luxuries and a power greater than oneself.
Here, Swindon's uneven landscape is scored with phone boxes and sugar-the ground slowly thickening around each chaotic detail with moments of calm and domestic comfort. From addiction and abuse to actualising a selfhood, this exciting and original poetic enquiry deftly explores the possibilities of a life where everyday suffering is replaced with small luxuries and a power greater than oneself.
Reviews / Votes
'An extraordinary book of tenderness, devastation and reclamation. Each poem is a prayer, both an ending and a beginning. Beautiful.'--Joelle Taylor; 'In 'Grief Stitches', Emily Harrison has achieved something astonishing - each moment of chaos has its equal in exquisite, distilled detail; urgency its counter in stasis; sickness and grief in strength and beauty. These are poems of incredible power.'--Rebecca PerryMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
5 colour and 3 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 186 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-8384362-7-8 (9781838436278)
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Person
Emily Harrison is a poet and writer from Swindon. She lives and teaches in Hackney