How to burn a woman
How to burn a woman Claire Askew's electrifying second collection is an investigation of power: the power of oppressive systems and their hold over those within them; the power of resilience; the…
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How to burn a woman
Claire Askew's electrifying second collection is an investigation of power: the power of oppressive systems and their hold over those within them; the power of resilience; the power of the human heart. It is a collection for anyone who has ever run through their life 'backwards/ in the dark, / with no map' - these bright poems illuminate the way.How to burn a woman throngs with witches, outsiders, and women who do not fit the ordinary moulds of the world. It licks flame across the imagination, and rewrites narratives of human desire.
It lifts a mirror up to contemporary systems of oppression and, in language that is both vivid and accessible, asks hard questions of our current world. It is a collection which traces historic atrocities, and celebrates the lives of those accused of witchcraft with empathy, tenderness and rage. These poems also delve deep into love