Knithoard by Claire Crowther Penguin Putnam ' – Michael Mackmin

' – Michael Mackmin

Bearings sings of love too

one that confronts

critical and concise observations… gestures towards a neglected conversation between poetry and cultural studies in Australia

Knithoard by Claire Crowther Penguin Putnam ' – Michael MackminClaire Crowther has worked as a journalist, editor and communications director. But first and foremost, shes a poet. Her first collection (Stretch of Closures) was shortlisted for the Jerwood Aldeburgh prize, and since then she has had warm praise for further books and pamphlets. Her work is intensely varied: no one publication like another. Knithoard is a closely linked sequence of poems exploring with lyrical grace and subtlety the art of knitting,