Colonial Countryside 2016 a poet worthy of keeping

a poet worthy of keeping company with the best lyric writers in our tradition

her essays and poems are in conversation with each other around subjects that include love

Spike Milligan

this is an unflinching and forensic exploration of a life lived through language

August Kleinzahler describes Cullen’s poetry: “If there’s a musical analogue for this poetry it’s the swoosh and sizzle of wire brushes swept across the frum head or the Chinese cymbal

Colonial Countryside 2016 a poet worthy of keepingColonial Countryside is a book of commissioned poems and short stories produced by ten global majority writers featuring National Trust houses with significant colonial histories. This includes properties whose owners engaged in the slavery business, in colonial administration or who were involved with the East India Company or British rule in India. Historians have accompanied these pieces with commentaries detailing the evidence upon which each