Winner of the 2022 Live Canon Collection Competition
‘Jane Wilkinson’s poems are sharp-edged. They catch the light like blades in rapid motion. There are poems of loss, of apprehensions of loss, and of the fragility of life. We move across observed and imagined topographies fraught with danger as they survive in a war time of the soul. Eve said shows us a substantial imagination in love with precision and adventure in language. There will be more where these come from and it will be exciting.’
George Szirtes
‘We each of us possess/ our own closed strangeness’ as Wilkinson’s restlessly inventive Eve Said testifies. Yet, drawing on a tradition reaching back to Sei Shōnagon’s The Pillow Book, Eve Said contains multitudes. Calling on her historical foremothers – including Eve, Grace Darling, women in Hopper’s paintings, and bygone diptychs – alongside her contemporary peers, Wilkinson explores multiple facets of womanhood. Corralling experiences of infertility, anxiety, the sea, loss, nature, childbirth, mortality, connectedness, daughterhood, toxic masculinity, and love, each poem launches from ever-surprising, original imagery to land sure-footedly yet enigmatically. Throughout, each joyful or difficult encounter provides evidence at its core of life’s ‘indestructible grace’.
Heidi Williamson
“Jane Wilkinson’s first collection is a gorgeous thing – poems of intricate workmanship with language that glitters and seduces like the Elizabeth she imagines in ‘eruptions of pearls’. The incredible imagery puts me in mind of Ariel’s song from The Tempest – where everything the poems touch – from maternal desire to sexual politics, from toxic masculinity to watering the garden ‘doth suffer a sea change into something rich and strange’. This combination of style and substance creates an intense – one could say immersive – reading experience. I came away from the book with a sense of having visited another world.”
Esther Morgan
Jane Wilkinson is an Irish-British poet currently living in Norwich with her partner and son and has been writing poetry since 2014. She has lived in Manchester and for many years, in London, where she studied Fine Art, and trained and practised as a Landscape Architect.
Live Canon
Fast shipping and professional packing
Because of our long-standing relationship with UPS FedEx DHL and other major global carriers, we are able offer a variety shipping options. Our warehouse staff are highly trained and will pack the items according to the exact and precise specifications. Your items will undergo a thorough inspection and be properly secured before they are delivered. Everyday we deliver thousands of packages to clients from all over the world. This is a sign of our determination to become the biggest online retailer in the world. The distribution centers and warehouses distribution are located in Europe and the USA.
Note: Orders with more than one item are assigned a processing time in accordance with the item.
Before shipment, all ordered items will be thoroughly inspected. The majority of orders are delivered within 48 hours. The delivery time should be between 3 and 7 working days.
Returns
The inventory is constantly changing and we do not completely manage it because many stakeholders are involved, including our warehouse and factory. This means that the actual stock could change at any time. Be aware that your order could be unable to fill when you have placed the order.
Our policy is for 30 days. If it's been more 30 days since you bought the item We're sorry to say that we can't offer you a complete exchange or refund.
You can only return a product when it's unopened and in the same condition as when you received it. It must also be returned in the original packaging.
Related products
