Serpent and Stone by Mari Ellis Dunning & Natalie Ann Holborrow Lucy Dawkins in the wake of human

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This pamphlet features work from Michael Laskey’s five previous collections

author of Ten Thousand Apologies and Black Teeth & a Brilliant Smile

This poet blends an effortless mist of gothic with her signature flare for a stirring and savage emotional pulse

Serpent and Stone by Mari Ellis Dunning & Natalie Ann Holborrow Lucy Dawkins in the wake of humanSerpent and Stone is a collaborative sequence by Mari Ellis Dunning and Natalie Ann Holborow that hands the mic to the women sidelined, simplified, or demonised by inherited stories. Moving through five sections, from fairy tales and Greek myth to Shakespearean figures, canonical literature and biblical archetypes, the book writes in paired poems that speak across each other, rethreading voice, motive, and agency. These monologues are sharp, sensual,