Time Lived, Without Its Flow
03 October 2019
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'One of the most eloquent thinkers about our life in language' The Sunday Times
Time Lived, Without Its Flow is a beautiful, unflinching essay on the nature of grief from critically acclaimed poet Denise Riley. From the horrific experience of maternal grief Riley wrote her celebrated collection Say Something Back, a modern classic of British poetry. This essay is a companion...
Details
03 October 2019
96 pages
9781529017106
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
She’s a poet whose work . . . never fails to convince new readers with its intelligence, wit and emotionThe Times
A terrific talent.Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy
Her strengths are so varied: notice one quality you admire, and another follows hard behind. Riley is an enormously gifted writer.Fiona Sampson, Guardian
An astonishing, eloquent examination of grief, but also of stasis and disrupted time in the face of loss. This book contains far more depth and enlightenment than its slim volume suggests, as it contemplates and rages, moves and soothes. Magnificent.Sinéad Gleeson, author of Constellations