Read the whole review here, while the link lasts.In one particularly powerful poem, a shell on a beach becomes an instrument whose music is
"a blast-out, everybody's
history . . . a full
genealogy of this beach, this island people."In the opening poem, Senior writes from the point of view of a mollusk, teasingly suggesting,
"Take my chambered shell apart. Brace yourselves for whirlwinds
coiled at my heart."So it is with all the work in this collection: polished and gracefully shaped, but also engagingly passionate.
Tuesday 29 January 2008
Olive Senior's latest reviewed in The Star
Barbara Carey has written a wonderful review of Olive Senior's latest book Shell. As Olive's editor, I am happy to share the news. Here's a snippet:
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