written from within the New Climactic Regime (as Bruno Latour names the present)
the locus shifts farther out into mythic space with a parallel narrative from the Greek world that both mirrors and interweaves with the first half’s here-and-now
and an often understated tenderness
most of them newly commissioned for this project
in the process enlarging the soul of her readers
The Field in Winter by David Clarke Lautus Press written from within the NewThe Field in Winter, the third collection of poetry by David Clarke, winner of the Michael Marks Award, elegantly reflects on memory, time, and the very particular landscape of grieving. The book takes the form of a calendar of grief, exploring ageing, losing a parent, and how we manage the changing nature of things. A poem from previous collection, The Europeans, was selected by the Guardian as a Poem of the Week. The collection was also reviewed in