โ Scribed by Karen Solie
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'Introducing Karen Solie, I would adapt what Joseph Brodsky said some thirty years ago of the great Les Murray [. . .] โ she is the one by whom the language lives'. โ Michael Hofmann, LRB
The Canadian Karen Solie is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most important poets at work today. Her fifth book of poetry, The Caiplie Caves, is a profound and timely consideration of the nature of crisis: at its heart is the figure of St Ethernan, a seventh-century Irish missionary to Scotland who retreated to the caves of the Fife coast in order to decide whether to establish a priory on May Island or pursue a life of solitude. His decision would have been informed by realities of war, misinformation and power; Solie imagines this crisis also complicated by grief, confusion โ and a faith placed under extreme duress.
Woven through Ethernan's story are poems that orbit the caves' geographical location, and range through the recurring...
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'Introducing Karen Solie, I would adapt what Joseph Brodsky said some thirty years ago of the great Les Murray [. . .] โ she is the one by whom the language lives'. โ Michael Hofmann, *LRB* The Canadian Karen Solie is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of the most important poets at work toda
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