Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Swimming Between Islands by Charlotte Eichler The debut collection from Yorkshire-based contributor to New Poetries VIII, Charlotte Eichler. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2024.Swimming Between Islands,Charlotte Eichlers first collection, has its own distinctive weathers,atmospheres and fauna. Egg collectors, moth trappers, hermits,cuttlefish, pyjama sharks and bloody henry starfish all play a part.This islanded world is the starting point for poems that explore how wetry to connect with each other – despite misunderstanding, familysilences and unwanted legacies.Read Charlotte Eichlers poemsslowly, so that you can really take note of them, because theyreastonishing, said Laura Scott, responding to Eichlers poems in New Poetries VIII.Anthony Vahni Capildeo characterised her first pamphlet as modernpastoral, not nostalgic, and well beyond the ordinary domestic lyric. Swimming Between Islands gathers this work with a substantial collection of new poems.InEichlers poems, the first person singular is relational, social; itrefuses to mark one consciousness neatly off from another. The poemsperspective is often plural, a we which is one minute a coupleconsidering marriage, the next, childhood friends divining the futurefrom ladybirds and four-leafed clovers. The reader is invited to comeclose, and then right into the centre of the poem; the book progressestowards ever wilder, more isolated places in Scotland, Scandinavia,Russia, Alaska, where we are found: / the gannets are white flares /hitting the water / under a fishbone sky. Author Biography Charlotte Eichler was born in Hertfordshire and studied English Literature and Russian at the University of Nottingham. She has an MA in Norse and Viking Studies, also from Nottingham. Her debut pamphlet, Their Lunar Language, was published by Valley Press in 2018 and a selection of her work was featured in Carcanets New Poetries VIII in 2021. She lives near Leeds. Review Read Charlotte Eichlers poems slowly, so that you can really take note of them, because theyre astonishing, - Laura Scott Long Description This debut collection ventures into Northern islands, finding new ways of talking about connection, silences and belonging. Review Text Read Charlotte Eichlers poems slowly [...] because theyre astonishing - Laura Scott Details ISBN1800171374 Author Charlotte Eichler Pages 72 Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd Year 2023 ISBN-10 1800171374 ISBN-13 9781800171374 Publication Date 2023-02-23 UK Release Date 2023-02-23 Format Paperback Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2023-02-23 DEWEY 821.92 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-02-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:140110984;
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