Fishing in the Aftermath - Poems 1994-2014
Fishing in the Aftermath - Poems 1994-2014 How often is it that a poet with the name recognition factor and critical standing of Salena Godden publishes their first collection 20 years into their…
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Fishing in the Aftermath - Poems 1994-2014
How often is it that a poet with the name recognition factor and critical standing of Salena Godden publishes their first collection 20 years into their career? until Burning Eye came along!Be clear, Fishing in the Aftermath is more that a sweeping up exercise, more than a greatest hits retrospective, more than a gathering up of old work. Perhaps it is simply that no publisher has had the courage to commit themselves to the task of reflecting the force of nature that is Salena Godden to the page...
Like a 21st Century female Bukowski Godden delivers her message straight and full strength. Salena takes us on a hair-raising ride through the process of a writer, the highs, the lows, the drinks, the lovers, the fights, the sex (especially the sex) that she has embraced like a method actor in search of a character, and shared with audiences over twenty years. Not for the weak-kneed