Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai
PRE-ORDER Jessica Traynor because "isolation it burns"

because "isolation it burns"

and brush against the worlds of artists

drawing on five previous full-length collections and including the late Dennis O’Driscoll’s prose introduction to the poems

the poems in Amy Abdullah Barry's debut are prompted by wonder and appreciation

STEPMOTHER has much to teach us about female power and the fear it still provokes

Melete by Jennifer Lee Tsai <br>PRE-ORDER Jessica Traynor because "isolation it burns"Published 21 May 2026 Jennifer Lee Tsai's first full length collection explores family history, intergenerational trauma, love, loss and belonging through the perspective of a second generation British Chinese identity. Named after one of the three original Boeotian Muses, the Muse of meditation and contemplation, this expansive book establishes a powerful lyric voice " interweaving narratives of memory, migration and mysticism across Liverpool, China