The poems in Tara Bergin's debut collection combine sensuous, supple lyricism with the unsettling familiarity of folklore, fairytale and dream. They are inhabited by characters who seem at first widely different from one another, yet share nervous energy, a troubled state of mind: 'I am unwell, little crow, / I am unwell and far from home / where longing lives in my house'. In This is Yarrow Bergin gathers language from a wide range of sources and places to create a music and vision entirely her own.

About the Author
Tara Bergin was born and grew up in Dublin. She moved to England in 2002. In 2012 she completed her PhD research at Newcastle University on Ted Hughes's translations of Janos Pilinszky

Reviews
'The voicing and line technique is bold, edgy, risking or withholding violent.' --Adam Piette, professor, University of Sheffield '[...] Bergin succeeds in creating a clear voice and a dramatic situation. This is Yarrow is primarily a book of monologues, establishing voices whose skewed attitudes invite an engaged critical response from the reader. The monologues are sometimes reminiscent of Paul Durcan and at other times Sylvia Plath and they can be very cutting and funny at the expense of their speakers [...]' -- John McAuliffe, Irish Times


Awards
Winner of dlr Strong/Shine Poetry Award 2014 and Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry 2014. Short-listed for Irish Times Literary Prize,Irish Poetry 2014.



Book Information
ISBN 9781847772367
Author Tara Bergin
Format Paperback
Page Count 61
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 91g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 132mm * 10mm