Double Negative by Vona Groake Jonathan Edwards Rishi Dastidar

Rishi Dastidar

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an unapologetic and paradoxical affirmation of a bloody

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Double Negative by Vona Groake Jonathan Edwards Rishi DastidarIn this, her seventh collection, Vona Groarke considers the subject of ageing, fearlessly exploring its culverts and cul de sacs while also checking this earnestness with sharp wit and trademark style. Here candour is mediated by humour. These are sensual and sensitive poems, written in language asked to be beautiful, wry and true about topics usually either ignored or obscured with greyness and clich. Hailed by The Irish Times as a poet of great self