Published 2019. Paperback, 9 x 6 ins.
ISBN 9781848616776 [Download a sample PDF from this book here.]
Shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize for Best Second Collection.
We are losing everything. In the second decade of the 21st century, loss and grief have become our daily bread, but we do not know how to chew it. Horse-Man
is an invitation to reacquaint ourselves with the lost skill of collective awakening; to re-engage with a deeper awareness of shared experience, where distinctions between self and other begin to blur: we are all in this together.
Horse-Man
inhabits at times surreal, at times mystical territory, where the human and nonhuman merge and blend. In this liminal space, loss and grief are acknowledged and sometimes embraced, allowing the human small mercies in the face of That Which Is Greater Than Us.
Part keening, part celebration, Horse-Man
immerses the reader in a powerful advocacy of sacred meaning and – fiercely, bravely – asks what it means to be whole, a fully embodied human being.
Best read by candlelight.
“ Horse-Man is a transformative and bold collection. In these spare, assured poems Em Strang presents a world turned upside-down and inside-out by love and loss: this visceral vision is both personal lament and a parable for our times.” —Nancy Campbell
“Haunting landscapes, anchored by light and stillness, draw you into a world where beauty sits alongside menace and calm is disrupted by violence. These are timeless and spiritual songs of death and rebirth, pain and healing. They leave you feeling you have woken from a strange and compelling dream.” —Jane Lovell
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