Jean O'Brien

Jean O'Brien's New Selected is a revisiting of her four collections starting with The Shadow Keeper in 1997 and moving up to the present day. Her new poems mark a maturing of her work dealing with ill health, parenthood, nature and everything in between. As with her previous collections her work is näytä lisää honest and direct and calls for a similar response from the reader. As ever she broaches hard subjects without fear or compromise and faces her own morality. These poems are dealt with in a light-hearted way that belies their seriousness, they are lively and always readable. näytä vähemmän