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“It is an extraordinary long poem spoken by four twelve-year-old girls in working class Belfast. Watson has a remarkable ability to recover both the sensations of childhood and the febrile atmosphere of the Troubles, where terror was normalized and violence endemic. Through their eyes we get a map of their community, of their nigh-adolescent longings, their hopes and oppressions. We loved its filmic vividness and its creation of four compelling, believable, characters.” Read more...
Notable Poetry Books of 2024: The Inaugural PEN Heaney Prize Shortlist
Paula Meehan, Poet
Our most recommended books
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The Aeneid (Robert Fitzgerald translation)
by Virgil -
Staying Alive
by Neil Astley (editor) -
William Wordsworth: The Major Works
by Stephen Gill (editor) -
The World’s Wife
by Carol Ann Duffy -
Willam Blake: Selected Poetry
by William Blake -
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth Century American Poetry
by Rita Dove
