Collected Poems by Fleur Adcock (Paperback) poetry in translation Julia Blackburn has always collected

Julia Blackburn has always collected things that hold stories about the past

daring and complex poetry continues to captivate new generations of readers and writers

life affirming

as well as exciting new voices

each offering wild variations on her abiding themes: women’s identities

Collected Poems by Fleur Adcock (Paperback) poetry in translation Julia Blackburn has always collectedFleur Adcock is one of Britain's most accomplished poets. Her poised, ironic poems are tense and tightly controlled as well as shrewdly laconic, and often chilling as she unmasks the deceptions of love or unravels family lives. Disarmingly conversational in style, they are remarkable for their psychological insight and their unsentimental, mischievously casual view of personal relationships. Born in New Zealand, she has explored questions of identity