Friday, 30 November 2007

The Grimore of Grimalkin



My co-host at La Langoustine est morte has just had this, her debut collection published by Salt. Read her.

Besides an inveterate love of language which makes you write “her malachite décolletage,” whatever else you need to be a good poet is here. It could be sounds. Come right in; don't step gently then.

BERNADETTE MAYER

Sascha Akhtar repels ghosts with this text and liberates the word from the burden of meaning. These poems are spells and sonorous soundings that have the power to frighten, seduce or enchant. Akhtar aspires to magic. This is a timeless and vital collection from a poet willing to transcend the liminal.


ANTHONY JOSEPH

For more reviews and info see http://www.myspace.com/saschaakhtar

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