E-grāmata: Swell

Wry wit and honesty combine to make Swell a compelling narrative of marriage, pregnancy and motherhood. The world of mother and baby groups and hashtag self-care enables a rich vein of comic material, but it is emotional exposure and fragility... that makes Swell such a rewarding collection -- David Wheatley * Guardian * Triumphant, refreshing...The collection navigates between tender and unsparing poetry, balancing an intimate and collective act -- Chloe Elliot * The Poetry Review * Deeply relatable... Ferguson draws us in through her down-to-earth cosiness and humour... there is great joy in reading the speaker's journey toward self-love, the body-as-home... on being beautiful and imperfect -- Ellora Sutton * Mslexia * I urge you to read this beautiful collection... The writing is eloquent and astute across many thoughts... Ferguson's poems offer a radical and contemporary portrayal of an experience as old as time -- Alice Ellerby * Juno Magazine * Moving... if you're after some vivid language, personal honesty and humour, you will enjoy this book -- Ruth Aylett * Morning Star * A beautiful, powerful, profound collection of poems. There is an honesty that is both heart-breaking and more hopeful than anything else I've read on this subject. She makes me weep and wonder in equal measure -- Hollie McNish Tender, lyrical, a family mise-en-scene, exploring the tiny narratives that write us. These poems are an umbilical, a feeding. Beautiful -- Joelle Taylor, author of C+nto A feat. Both creatively and emotionally -- Caroline Bird Maria Ferguson articulates the previously unsayable in these radical, tender poems. Swell gives voice to the full complexity of motherhood - the love next to the guilt, the ambivalence next to joy, even the desire to sometimes run away -- Kim Moore, author of All The Men I Never Married These poems have an energy which is infectious. Reading them will make you feel free and fearless - Ferguson shows us how language can give new meaning to our tenderest moments -- Helen Mort