Lairs by Judy Brown Lila Matsumoto on Pure Hustle

on Pure Hustle

bound by a common sense of loss and endurance

Lairs brings together something primal and secret – the lair as haven for a wild or feral animal – with the poem framed as a mathematical equation

casting her eye both inwards

Lairs by Judy Brown Lila Matsumoto on Pure HustleThis is a third collection from Forward Prize nominated poet, Judy Brown, following her well received debut (Loudness, 2011) and second book, (Crowd Sensations, 2016). Lairs brings together something primal and secret the lair as haven for a wild or feral animal with the poem framed as a mathematical equation. In physical and mathematical terms, the lair is a kind of nest, a beautiful accumulation of dense detail. This tension of order and disorder in