Velvel's Violin by Jacqueline Saphra
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION AUTUMN 2023
Anthony Rudolf These are poems to wander

These are poems to wander about in and to take your time with as your eyes adjust to their particular light

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once again showcases Ashbery’s mastery of a staggering range of voices and his singular lyric agility: wry

The poems – by writers from many parts of the world – have emotional power

Velvel's Violin by Jacqueline Saphra<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION AUTUMN 2023</b><br> Anthony Rudolf These are poems to wanderVelvels Violin, a deeply moving and political fifth collection by TS Eliot Prize shortlisted poet Jacqueline Saphra places us on the shifting ground between past and present. Through its search for missing histories of the Jewish diaspora, the book is a call for empathy and a warning to a world where the legacy of the Holocaust echoes current narratives of prejudice, war, displacement, and migration. Saphras precisely tuned writing ranges through