Bloodaxe Books Ltd Pamphlet English
The Sky Around My Father
winner of the Mslexia Women's Poetry Pamphlet Competition
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Emilie Jelinek’s poems chart the estrangement between a daughter and her charismatic but often terrifying father. With nuance and precision, these poems bear witness to a childhood shaped by fear, love and music – where admiration and foreboding uneasily coexist. Winner of the 2024 Mslexia Women's Poetry Pamphlet Competition.
Emilie Jelinek’s poems chart the estrangement between a daughter and her charismatic but often terrifying father. With nuance and precision, these poems bear witness to a childhood shaped by fear, love and music – where admiration and foreboding uneasily coexist. Winner of the 2024 Mslexia Women's Poetry Pamphlet Competition.