Proverbs for a Woman Drinking Alone by Talia Randall Dennis O'driscoll With an emphasis on the

With an emphasis on the cultures of the different times

The book concludes with a brand new long poem

and accomplishes the most important work of the nature poem: to take the reader out of themselves

and what can be made to appear

for whom woman are prey and sex is weaponised

Proverbs for a Woman Drinking Alone by Talia Randall Dennis O'driscoll With an emphasis on theProverbs for a Woman Drinking Alone is a pamphlet of poetry which tackles class, grief, and sexuality. Talia Randall confronts these themes alternately with closed fists and open hands, lacing humour into even the darkest subjects. These poems claim a sense of place and belonging while creating a space for the reader to listen to Randall's sharp and precise voice, one that is at once colloquial and lyrical, playful and sombre. This is a book which