Passerine by Kirsten Luckins Frank Ormsby The hungers of sexual encounters

The hungers of sexual encounters are underscored by the risks that threaten when we give ourselves to or accept another

The Contemporary Poetry Archive: Essays and Interventions (Edinburgh University Press

These names are the starting point for the poems of A Revolutionary Calendar

to a child’s reaction to being denied a responsive gaze

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Passerine by Kirsten Luckins Frank Ormsby The hungers of sexual encountersLike all great experimenters, Kirsten Luckins is freed rather than bound by self imposed restrictions. Passerines an elegy not just to a lost friend but to a world that is rapidly disappearing around us one of the most dazzling collections Ive read in a long time. Claire Trvien Passerine takes us through a liminal year of grief, rage and wonder, asking what do we hold onto when there is no one there? It is the world that speaks through its Ten