Forty Names by Parwana Fayyaz Maram al-Masri Helen Calcutt’s brother Matthew took

Helen Calcutt’s brother Matthew took his own life

where people are 'dragged down by the nine to five

especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic

the sinking of the winds or sun

Forty Names by Parwana Fayyaz Maram al-Masri Helen Calcutt’s brother Matthew tookIn this remarkable first collection, Parwana Fayyaz evokes events in the lives of Afghan women, past and present their endurance and achievements, told from their points of view. John McAuliffe writes of the 'remarkable litanies, which haunt her poems' occasions' and the title poem, with which she won the 2019 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem, is such a litany, conjuring and commemorating. The poems are not judgmental: they witness. The reader