The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie C. Perricone ‘A brilliantly virtuosic collection of

‘A brilliantly virtuosic collection of deeply felt poems concerned with the personal impact of the dislocations and betrayals of history

Urban Myths and Legends is a sparky collection of poems by modern poets who have taken inspiration from the Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses

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tenacious way of penetrating and exploring the core of her subject that seems to me unique

The Caiplie Caves by Karen Solie C. Perricone ‘A brilliantly virtuosic collection ofIntroducing Karen Solie, I would adapt what Joseph Brodsky said some thirty years ago of the great Les Murray [. . .] she is the one by whom the language lives. Michael Hofmann, LRB The Canadian Karen Solie is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most important poets at work today. Her fifth book of poetry, The Caiplie Caves, is a profound and timely consideration of the nature of crisis: at its heart is the figure of St Ethernan, a seventh