Thin Spells by Kristina Diprose Ali Lewis the strangest sky

the strangest sky

A poly-vocal and multifaceted debut which is unafraid to confront the shame and stigma of HIV

Maria Stepanova - as poet and essayist - was a highly influential figure for many years in Moscow's cosmopolitan literary scene until its suppression along with civil liberties and dissent under Putin's latter-day reign of terror

Logan Dankworth

Thin Spells by Kristina Diprose Ali Lewis the strangest skyThin Spells is a startling collection, in which the present is powerfully haunted by the ecological past. The poems are shot through with teeth, fur and feathers: from 'Cat Calling Card', charged with the energy of the hunt, to the snarling heart of 'Monokoke,' to the unsettling transformation of 'On Mother's Day' where the speaker slips 'into otter skin.' The poems consistently blur the unstable line between the animal and human and celebrate