Shall We Go by Annemarie Austin James Womack inhabit “a geography of the

inhabit “a geography of the dead

and our relationship with institutions (be it our employer

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"Manuel Rivas is an important storyteller because he is sensitive and has an incredible ear

’ — Pauline Stainer

Shall We Go by Annemarie Austin James Womack inhabit “a geography of theAnnemarie Austin's vividly imaginative poems explore other worlds and other lives, drawing upon her own memories and experiences, as well as on art, travel, dream, myth, history and literature. The first poem in her new collection asks 'Shall we go on the shiny?', the last one ends 'being altogether gone this time'. In between there's the tightrope, 'The Walking Shot', the report on the pilgrimage in progress, the marquise going out at five o'clock.