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Loop of Jade
Loop of Jade | Sarah Howe
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*WINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2015**WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PETERS FRASER + DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2015*There is a Chinese proverb that says: ‘It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.’ But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots.With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into a meditation on hybridity, intermarriage and love – what meaning we find in the world, in art, and in each other. Crossing the bounds of time, race and language, this is an enthralling exploration of self and place, of migration and inheritance, and introduces an unmistakable new voice in British poetry.
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rockpools
Loop of Jade | Sarah Howe
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b. From rust-tipped scaffolding ascend the faery towers of St Pancras, wet tannoy imploding King's Lynn 7.45, as the black ghost of a pigeon crests a white-washed window.

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rockpools
Loop of Jade | Sarah Howe
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For some reason I've read more poetry this year than ever before. This one kicked it off - I read it after she won the TSElliot Prize. There was media nonsense about it.

Sarah Howe was born in Hong Kong and moved to Britain as a child. She goes back to Hong Kong to discover her roots. It's beautiful and fascinating, I absolutely needed to read the footnotes, & then read a whole lot more about modern China, Ezra Pound, Tiannenmen Square...💗🌾🌸

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CarolynOliver
Loop of Jade | Sarah Howe
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Forgot to post this yesterday, but I am really excited about this #bookmail from the UK! #poetry

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Harkaway
Loop of Jade | Sarah Howe
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Won prize. Big fuss. Bought. Enjoying. YMMV, and yet also screw those guys. Whatever. Woman loves Borges, Pound, can write. Finis.