Cliff Notes by Kathryn O'Driscoll #Icelandicpoetry 'She has the power to

'She has the power to suggest the fantastic or the terrible

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‘The poet and novelist Forrest Gander

The Cornish landscape of the poet's childhood

One Language comes to an understanding of personal history and global conflict in poetry that is as immediate and evocative as the most urgent of dispatches

Cliff Notes by Kathryn O'Driscoll #Icelandicpoetry 'She has the power toKathryn ODriscolls debut collection comes from the edge of being alive, being sane, and being heard. Exploring grief, sexual abuse, mental illness, isolation and recovery, Cliff Notes forms the story of many losses and what is left behind. Poetry from the precipice oscillating between beauty and brutality, Cliff Notes examines how our experiences shape our ideas about who we are. Intrusive thoughts, metaphor, and facts are woven together until reality