Call and Response
Published on 26. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
28 pages
978-1-912915-48-4 (ISBN)
Description
Call and Response is a sequence of sonnets from the perspective of a daughter, addressed to her mother during her mother's illness. Hard-edged yet tender, the poems explore the darker side of familial bonds and the strange ways suffering can heal old wounds.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Winnersh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
6 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
36 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912915-48-4 (9781912915484)
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Rachel Spence lives in London, Ludlow and Venice. Her poems explore themes including time, absence, motherhood and water. She has published three pamphlets: 'Furies' (Templar, 2016), 'Call & Response' (Emma Press, 2020), and 'Uncalendared' (Coast to Coast Journal Winner, 2023). Her debut collection 'Bird of Sorrow' (Templar, 2018) was highly commended in the 2019 Forward Prize. Her prose poem 'Venice Unclocked', in collaboration with photographer Giacomo Cosua, was published by Ivory Press in 2022. Her poetry has appeared widely, including in PN Review, The North, The London Magazine, 14 magazine and Tears in the Fence. Her non-fiction book 'Battle for the Museum', which explores the relationship between art, power and money, was published by Hurst in 2024. Emma Dai'an Wright is a British-Chinese-Vietnamese publisher and illustrator. She worked in ebook production at Orion Publishing Group before leaving in 2012 to set up The Emma Press with the support of the Prince's Trust. She has since published over 500 writers across more than 130 books, including poetry anthologies for adults and children, short stories, and translations. She lives in Birmingham.