A Map Towards Fluency

by Lisa Kelly

Shortlisted for the Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize 2021. A Map Towards Fluency, Lisa Kelly's first collection, considers words, the power they impart, the power their absence withholds. Forgetting, mis-hearing, mis-remembering all challenge the imagination to find ways round and ways through. 'The idea of fluency interests me--and whether we can ever claim fluency in any language.' Her mother speaking Danish--which she cannot herself understand--is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784108405
• ISBN13: 9781784108403
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.5"