My Baby Shot Me Down

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Authors: Clarissa AngusKatherine BlackMaggy van EijkHarriet GoodaleDeborah HambrookClaudine LazarRachael SmartRuth StarlingAlison WassellLaura WilkinsonEditor: Richard PennyTen new women writers showcase an exceptional collection of poetry and prose. An incendiary blend of cerebral and visceral, this anthology presents a broadened view of the personal, political and social spectra. The unsettling beauty of the language is rendered sharp and transgressive, shot through with high-calibre comedy.Expect full-bodied and full-blooded.Grey areas of the gender-jungle and identity are explored alongside matters of love, family, relationships and sex, making for stark writing that is vital, refreshing and life-affirming.