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Blood Salt Spring: The Debut Collection from Edinburgh's Makar Kindle Edition

by Hannah Lavery (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
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From Edinburgh’s Makar, poetry that “speaks to and for the conflicted conscience of Scotland . . . with a power and authenticity like perhaps no other” (The Scotsman).

In a moment that is demanding you to constantly choose your side, how do you find your humanity, your own voice, when you are being pushed to find safety in numbers?

Blood Salt Spring is a meditation on where we are—exploring ideas of nation, race and belonging. Much of the collection was written in lockdown and speaks to that moment, the isolation and the traumas of 2020, but it also looks to find some meaning and makes an attempt to heal the pain and vulnerabilities that were picked and cut open again in the recent cultural shifts and political wars.

Organised into three sections this book takes the reader on a journey from the old inherited wounds, the trauma of tearing open again these chasms within recent discourses and events, to a hopeful spring, where pain and trauma can be laid down and a new future can be imagined.

In this collection, the poet has sought to heal these salted wounds, and move out of winter and into spring—into hope. 

“Lavery’s poems are born of a fearless and unflinching interrogation into heritage, race, identity and the nature of belonging. Lean and challenging, her work is driven by an honesty and energy of surprising power and immediacy.” —Owen Sheers, author of Resistance
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    114 pages
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    Polygon
  5. Publication date
    May 3, 2022
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    3045 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09V6YD2QC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Polygon (May 3, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 3, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3045 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Mel Chambers
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing! How can words be so emotive?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2022
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Just wonderful! Such few words used to create such huge pictures & emotions. Had forgotten the power of poetry & how artistic the author must be to choose each word so carefully to give the reader immediate & direct access to their thoughts & feelings. A gift indeed, thank you Hannah Lavery, outstanding!
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Deborah Ritchie
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written collection.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2022
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A poignant and powerful collection. Insightful and it demonstrates a unique and mature voice from a woman of our time. It will challenge and help us reflect upon the 21st century. Definitely worth a read.
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