Summon

(Paperback, International)

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Ridout uses the language of the fairy story and visceral images of the female form and femininity to explore how personal trauma and instability makes their mark on the wider world. Different voices and twisted accounts of the body and mind are combined with the mythological and the esoteric to create striking, beautifully unsettling and unusual poems-each a celebration of the extremes of being human. SPOTLIGHT is an Arts Council England-supported collaboration between Myriad, Creative Future and New Writing South to discover, guide and support marginalised and under-represented writers. In the same series: Stroking Cerberus by Jacqueline Haskell; Memories of a Swedish Grandmother by Sarah Windebank; The Haunting of Strawberry Water by Tara Gould; Crumbs by Ana Tewson-Bozic and Cora Vincent by Georgina Aboud.

Reviews

'This dazzling series shows that if the barriers can be vaulted there is true beauty to be had from the lesser-walked streets of literature. These works are both nourishing and inspiring, and a gift to any reader.' Kerry Hudson. 'Poetry of the highest order: thought-provoking reflections on bi-polar disorder told with a buzzing energy and rhythm.' Viva Brighton. 'Elizabeth Ridout's debut collection is a dazzling mix of daring and accomplishment.'-Peter Carpenter; 'Here is a fresh, strikingly original, distinctive first collection. The strong, gutsy poems each a well-crafted entity in itself demonstrate a striking young talent worth noting. In her already assured voice, with teasing overtones at times of Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Carol Ann Duffy, Elizabeth Ridout demonstrates her wide range.' Patricia McCarthy. 'A rich mix of character study and personal narrative, which masterfully walks the line between imagination and truth.' Dean Atta

Author Bio

Elizabeth Ridout has published her poetry and reviews in Agenda, where she was recently Broadsheet Poet, and in various other publications online. She studied English Literature at Oxford University, and she won a Creative Futures Literary Award in 2017. She lives in Tunbridge Wells.