Books by Samantha Dickey
“Susannah Dickey’s Isdal is an astonishingly inventive look at a cold case, that of an unidentified woman found in 1970 near Bergen in Norway. Armed with a wide variety of formal approaches and a formidable vocabulary, Dickey explores and satirizes the true crime genre, and specifically our culture’s obsession with female victims.” Read more...
Notable Poetry Books of 2024: The Inaugural PEN Heaney Prize Shortlist
Paula Meehan, Poet
Interviews where books by Samantha Dickey were recommended
Notable Poetry Books of 2024: The Inaugural PEN Heaney Prize Shortlist, recommended by Paula Meehan
Seamus Heaney argued that poetry might not change the world, but it could change our perception of the world. Now, a new prize set up in his name seeks to honour exciting new work with a political edge. Poet Paula Meehan, one of the judges of the inaugural PEN Heaney Prize, talks us through their shortlist of six poetry books and pamphlets we should be reading in 2024.
