Of Mutability

Jo Shapcott · 2010 CE · Poem · English · Contemporary

Poems written through treatment for breast cancer make the body a subject for wry, exact attention, with cells, mutation and the fact of change as recurring figures. Humour sits next to fear without cancelling it. A lyric collection that won the Costa Book of the Year.

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