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    Call and Response
    Call and Response
    Call and Response
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    Call and Response

    By Rachel Spence and Emma Dai'an Wright

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    Call and Response is a sequence of sonnets from the perspective of a daughter, addressed to her mother during her mother's illness. Hard-edged yet tender, the poems explore the darker side of familial bonds and the strange ways suffering can heal old wounds.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Emma Press
    Release dateMar 12, 2020
    ISBN9781912915477
    Call and Response
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    Rachel Spence

    Rachel Spence is a poet. Now living in London, she spent nearly ten years in Venice, Italy. She has a pamphlet, Furies (Templar, 2016), and a collection, Bird of Sorrow (Templar, 2018). Her poetry has appeared in publications including PN Review, Envoi, The Indian Quarterly, The Frogmore Papers, Southbank magazine and Iota. Her poem "Antonello’s Song II" was included in the Forward Book of Poetry 2019. In her day job she is a freelance arts writer, chiefly for the Financial Times.

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