Publisher's Synopsis
'Resonant and delicate, Fresh News from the Arctic explores the physical and imaginary. This is a collection that investigates what it means to be human, probing into the meaning of life and questioning mortality, myth - both private and known - and the mysterious. At once atmospheric, with a surreal blend of emotion and memory, Fresh News is a fluid and ever-shifting landscape of possibilities. These poems are restless and inquisitive. They echo a desire to forge a voice that is as curious as it is distinctive. These are poems attuned to our tough yet fragile planet. Feelingly, they celebrate its loam and snow, travelled seas, and the inexhaustible theatre of sky.' - Chris Wallace-Crabbe 'These warm, spare poems move exquisitely between memory, imagination and history: from the Arctic Circle to Virginia Woolf, from two fruits and ice cream to kangaroos in Paris. Libby Hart understands that poetry is language on the point of evocation, intent on "murmuring the world, grasping it slowly". She is indeed a poet to watch.' - Lisa Jacobson 'Vivid, strong, sinuous, beautifully rendered. Highly memorable and compelling.' - Mikhail Iossel, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
