How to burn a woman by Claire Askew Vala Thorodds or possibly a number of

or possibly a number of parallel immortal time-travelling rakes

 Irish Times (Books of the Year 2015)

poetry and love

‘I must emphasise that these poems have not been passed over or slighted by publishers

its mysterious unfolding of what happened or what might have been in Paris and Dresden (or was it Berlin

How to burn a woman by Claire Askew Vala Thorodds or possibly a number ofClaire Askews electrifying second collection is an investigation of power: the power of oppressive systems and their hold over those within them; the power of resilience; the power of the human heart. It licks flame across the imagination, and rewrites narratives of human desire. It is a collection for anyone who has ever run through their life backwards in the dark, with no map these bright poems illuminate the way. How to burn a woman throngs with