The Speculations of Country People by Majella Kelly
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2023
Peepal Tree Press there was yet another genius

there was yet another genius of 20th century Polish poetry

and alliteration are introduced and explained in a fun and accessible manner

Five of his later collections were translated by Anna Crowe and published by Bloodaxe in two compilations

The Dark Room offers a moving meditation on the relationships between memory

both poetic and personal

The Speculations of Country People by Majella Kelly<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2023</b><br> Peepal Tree Press there was yet another geniusThe astonishing poetry debut exploring hidden histories, mythical landscapes and self discovery in the face of limits on women's bodily autonomyIn 2017, the presence of a mass grave was confirmed in a disused sewage system in Tuam, County Galway. In it were the bodies of infants wards of the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home, where from 1925 to 1961 the children of unmarried women were sent to live their lives in the care of nuns. Their deaths were the