Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular Wolf’s debut collection won the

Wolf’s debut collection won the Peter Huchel Prize in 2006—she was its youngest recipient

poems as postings

political upswell

what she is confessing is not a set of personal problems: it is a fatal disappointment with the world at large

Ruin, Blossom Fourth Person Singular Wolf’s debut collection won theJohn Burnside In this powerful, moving book, John Burnside takes his cue from Schiller, who recognised that, as one thing fades, so another flourishes: everywhere and always, in matters great and small, new life blossoms amongst the ruins. Here, in poems that explore ageing, mortality, environmental destruction and mental illness, Burnside not only mourns what is lost in passing, but also celebrates the new, and sometimes unexpected, forms that emerge