ARGONAUT BOOKS

Backalong, a dialect word from Nia Broomhall's native Somerset, describes any point in the past. Her impressive debut collection observes distant past and recent past through poems of place and origin as well as tracking the process of grieving for someone w?ho was right there, not so long ago. Reviews Fresh as greenness in spring, alive with emotional force, dexterity of form and the surprise of language ('It is a step forward of a word'), Nia Broomhall's first collection of poems reminds us of what words can do in skilful hands. Grief stalks these poems, but also '...Read More