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Surge by Jay Bernard

cakeandbooks1970's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

kostka's review

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challenging reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

will_meringue's review against another edition

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5.0

A beautiful, necessary and damning memorial.

ada_black's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

5.0

hperks18's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

skyeecolee's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

sarajoe80's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

5.0

maizie_mccarthy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective

5.0

mallaeuswastaken's review against another edition

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4.0

More poetry, although altogether different from my more recent fare.
Legacies of violence (in this case, state-sanctioned/ordained) abound, as Bernard explores the historic New Cross fire and its resonances in contemporary and historic politics and culture. Mirrors and echoes and ghosts populate the poems, grounded to the Earth by the material reality of what they've left behind.

fjcookie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

wow. haunting. heartfelt. moving