The Watermark by Alice Anderson Helen Farish Whether she is addressing birds

Whether she is addressing birds or rivers

Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation Summer 2017

and moving from the dark aggrieved streets of the city to the agricultural hinterland of the Solway Firth

Tua Forsström

The Watermark by Alice Anderson Helen Farish Whether she is addressing birdsPublishers Weekly said in its starred review of Human Nature, Anderson's life force is implicit in the language throughout these poems, objective, exact, charged with an emotional force given only to those who have been to hell and returned to tell the tale. Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, said Anderson's honesty will take your breath away. She has the courage to tell her heart's deepest, darkest truths while never compromising on the poet's craft.