Category: Anne Daly
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Reshaping the Light by Breda Joyce. A Review by Anne Daly
Reshaping the Light by Breda Joyce is a carefully crafted tapestry, that deftly weaves threads of light and shade through a panoply of poems ranging from the modern to the mythical. The author’s assured voice guides the reader through the joyous, the reflective and the harrowing, with language that is richly spun and soaked in […]
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Review of Tied to the Wind Written by Afric McGlinchey
The review was written by Anne Daly Tied to the Wind is elemental. An auto-fictional long-form work by the poet Afric McGlinchey, it blazes colour, a vibrant mosaic that depicts a young girl’s journey across continents and through the rocky seascape of childhood and adolescence. It is a sleek and muscular work. Spanning over 300 […]
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Anne Daly Reviews Medusa Retold by Sarah Wallis
Review by Anne Daly Published by Fly on the Wall Press in 2020, Medusa Retold is a refreshing take on the classical myth of the snake-haired monster slain by the hero Perseus. It veers away from the traditional male-centric narrative and gives us a punk princess Medusa figure, Nuala, who navigates a difficult adolescence with […]
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