Description
Call and Response is a sequence of sonnets from the perspective of a daughter, addressed to her mother during her mother's illness. Hard-edged yet tender, the poems explore the darker side of familial bonds and the strange ways suffering can heal old wounds.
About the Author
Rachel Spence lives in London, Ludlow and Venice. Her poems explore themes including time, absence, motherhood and water. She has published three pamphlets 'Furies' (Templar 2016), 'Call and Response' (Emma Press, 2020), and 'Uncalendared' (Coast to Coast Journal Winner 2023). Her debut collection 'Bird of Sorrow' (Templar, 2018) was highly commended in the Forward Prize 2019. Her prose poem 'Venice Unclocked', in collaboration with photographer Giacomo Cosua, was published by Ivory Press in 2022. Her poetry has been published widely including in PN Review, The North, The Financial Times and The London Magazine. Her non-fiction book 'The Battle For the Museum', which explores the relationship between art, power and money, was published by Hurst in 2024. Emma Dai'an Wright (1986) is a British-Chinese-Vietnamese publisher and illustrator. She worked in ebook production at Orion Publishing Group before leaving in 2012 to set up The Emma Press with the support of the Prince's Trust. She has since published over 500 writers across more than 70 books, including poetry anthologies for adults and children, short stories, and translations. In 2016 The Emma Press won the Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlet Publishers. She lives in Birmingham.
Book Information
ISBN 9781912915484
Author Rachel Spence
Format Paperback
Page Count 28
Imprint The Emma Press
Publisher The Emma Press
About the Author
Rachel Spence lives in London, Ludlow and Venice. Her poems explore themes including time, absence, motherhood and water. She has published three pamphlets 'Furies' (Templar 2016), 'Call and Response' (Emma Press, 2020), and 'Uncalendared' (Coast to Coast Journal Winner 2023). Her debut collection 'Bird of Sorrow' (Templar, 2018) was highly commended in the Forward Prize 2019. Her prose poem 'Venice Unclocked', in collaboration with photographer Giacomo Cosua, was published by Ivory Press in 2022. Her poetry has been published widely including in PN Review, The North, The Financial Times and The London Magazine. Her non-fiction book 'The Battle For the Museum', which explores the relationship between art, power and money, was published by Hurst in 2024. Emma Dai'an Wright (1986) is a British-Chinese-Vietnamese publisher and illustrator. She worked in ebook production at Orion Publishing Group before leaving in 2012 to set up The Emma Press with the support of the Prince's Trust. She has since published over 500 writers across more than 70 books, including poetry anthologies for adults and children, short stories, and translations. In 2016 The Emma Press won the Michael Marks Award for Poetry Pamphlet Publishers. She lives in Birmingham.
Book Information
ISBN 9781912915484
Author Rachel Spence
Format Paperback
Page Count 28
Imprint The Emma Press
Publisher The Emma Press
