Division Street by Helen Mort carcanet ‘A literary event of universal

‘A literary event of universal importance

Don Paterson

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She believes that poetry records the experience of one’s time and insists that it is ‘not a series of events

Division Street by Helen Mort carcanet ‘A literary event of universalFrom the clash between striking miners and police to the delicate conflicts in personal relationships, Helen Morts stunning debut is marked by distance and division. Named for a street in Sheffield, this is a collection that cherishes specificity: the particularity of names; the reflections the world throws back at us; the precise moment of a realisation. Distinctive and assured, these poems show us how, at the site of conflict, a moment of