
Notes from a Shipwreck
Jessica Mookherjee(Author)
Nine Arches Press
Published on 18. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-913437-48-0 (ISBN)
Description
Notes from a Shipwreck, the third collection of poetry by Jessica Mookherjee, is a richly detailed and illuminating voyage of dislocation and longing. By turns evocative, unsettling, and full of 'small acts of magic', Mookherjee simultaneously finds the past, present, and future in the tempestuous, lyrical tides that flow through her poems.
Here, seafaring lore and shanties interweave with wreckage and survival, drawn by strong currents of history - where migration, colonialism, pandemics and climate change shape the course we are on. The sea is a territory of grief and transformation, alluring and dangerous, where safe harbours and landfall are not always certain. Mookherjee's enchanting, salt-sharp poetry encompasses the many journeys embarked on - whether seeking refuge, escape, or into exile - and consider not only the deep blue sea and its myriad mythologies, but to understand 'what makes a land and person,' - the keen human instinct to seek belonging.
Here, seafaring lore and shanties interweave with wreckage and survival, drawn by strong currents of history - where migration, colonialism, pandemics and climate change shape the course we are on. The sea is a territory of grief and transformation, alluring and dangerous, where safe harbours and landfall are not always certain. Mookherjee's enchanting, salt-sharp poetry encompasses the many journeys embarked on - whether seeking refuge, escape, or into exile - and consider not only the deep blue sea and its myriad mythologies, but to understand 'what makes a land and person,' - the keen human instinct to seek belonging.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rugby
United Kingdom
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 155 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
154 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913437-48-0 (9781913437480)
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Jessica Mookherjee lives in Kent. Her work appears in many journals including Agenda, Poetry Wales, The North, Rialto, Under the Radar, Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal and in various anthologies including Bloodaxe's Staying Human. She was highly commended in the 2017 and 2021 Forward Prizes for Best Single Poem. She is author of two full collections, Flood (Cultured Llama, 2018) and Tigress, ( Nine Arches Press 2019) which was shortlisted for the Ledbury Munthe Prize for Best Second Collection in 2021. She is a joint editor of Against the Grain Poetry Press.