and the Greek-derived 'somatic'
It’s good to have and hold this volume
review and wonder to provide us with an novel experience of the poetic text
whose production is not limited to the predominantly white Anglophone countries of the so-called West and reminds us of the ongoing legacies of British colonialism underlying even such seemingly neutral concepts as home
the unfiltered
Life Immediately by Lily Blacksell John Wheway and the Greek-derived 'somatic'Published 26th March 2026. Life Immediately is a pacy, dynamic debut collection containing all the preoccupations of Lily Blacksells work, from womanhood, to music, to the natural world and our calamitous dealings with it, to the calamity and comedy of human relationships, romantic or otherwise. In eclectic, formally confident poems, balancing keen observation with wry insouciance, Blacksells writing showcases the expansiveness of language, but also