From London's hospital wards to rural Italy and the Great Plains, Sally Read's first collection eulogises the emotional and physical borders we cross, whether in sexual surrender, the squeezing of a trigger, or the point at which skin is pierced by a needle. What results appeals to the thresholds at which we succumb to desire, love, or grief. Yet, ultimately, there is tenderness and acceptance as she considers what breaks us, and what binds.
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These are sexy, sensuous poems which often achieve a striking immediacy... An accomplished first collection. - Simon Proctor -- Eastern Daily Press, June 4, 2005
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sally read was born in Suffolk in 1971. She trained and worked as a psychiatric nurse in London while completing a BA with the Open University, and went on to earn her Master of Arts at the University of South Dakota, USA. She has since taught English in both London and Sardinia, and currently divides her time between Italy and Suffolk. She received an Eric Gregory Award in 2001. The Point of Splitting is her first collection.
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Sally Read's incendiary first collection of poems is not for the fainthearted! An often disturbing honesty marks these tales of fleshly intimacy, submission, transgression, healing and death. Intimations and recollections of violence flicker throughout.
This is a consistently excellent debut from a poet with an already assured voice. I loved it!
This is a consistently excellent debut from a poet with an already assured voice. I loved it!
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