An Alphabet of Sestudes for Saint Feock by Penelope Shuttle Eleni Vakalo whom Freud identifies as a

whom Freud identifies as a spiritual brother – and a route back into her own French and symbolist influences

The characters are irresistible

I admire this book for how it registers the weight of the world

From the recipe for an ‘emergency cocktail’ in the event of being stranded inland she explores ‘a closer understanding of what it means / to be a woman’

A post-apocalyptic jig and reel

An Alphabet of Sestudes for Saint Feock by Penelope Shuttle Eleni Vakalo whom Freud identifies as aWho is Saint Feock? Or is it Faycock, Fioc, Maeoc or Veage? The Cornish Saint Feock is a half imaginary, half historic personage. Our saint is sometimes female, sometimes male. An early Christian missionary, or an elemental spirit whose domain is a riverside creek. This liminal mysterious figure called to me until I found myself writing an alphabet to celebrate his her qualities. I used the form of the sestude, to give shape and purpose to my