Alice and the North by Anne Caldwell F D Reeve of mental fracturing and its

of mental fracturing and its corollary: the exuberant performance of the self

This new volume presents a substantial selection from the work of a poet who

the limitless energy of Juan Felipe Herrera

known as the Anfal campaign

writing on Teesside

Alice and the North by Anne Caldwell F D Reeve of mental fracturing and itsAlice and the North is a sequence of prose poems that form a love song to the North, its post industrial landscapes, wild uplands, obsession with weather, seasonal change and awkwardness. Like Lewis Carroll's Alice before her, the lead character shifts and changes as her journey across the North continues; she is at turns playful, sexy, rebellious and adventurous, carving a new identity for the region as she goes. From herring quines to the hidden