and an invitation to each of us to engage in the creativity that makes and remakes our world
Life Without Air is the right book for our far-gone moment
Along the way are poems on trees
Abeer Ameer’s poems weave a series of mesmerising journeys back and forth between Iraq and the UK
Christian Ward
Makeover by Laurie Bolger Ben North and an invitation to eachMakeover is a book dripping with nostalgia, cigarette ash and sour cream dip. Lit by too close TV screens and too bright calorie counters, Bolger's poems explore growing up, differing bodies and societal expectations. Writing in praise of mums, nans and sisterhood, this is a work bursting with strength, anger, love and, ultimately, hope. In a celebration of girls shaped by swimming baths and Working Men's Clubs, friendship and family, Makeover