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A review by casparb
Unexhausted Time by Emily Berry
I'm pretty clear that I'm a fan of Dear Boy, EB's debut, though Stranger, Baby was a little less interesting to me? Anyway expectations all over the shop for this one and I absolutely love it. I think her best work. So sophisticated, but Berry and luminous altogether.
I'm terribly sick of the way intertexts are effectively used as crutches for a lot of contemporary poets and this collection is absolutely swarming with them I just think it's a rare case of them Actually working. Proust, Fisher, and Chris Marker, my love! The silence of poets on the remarkable, miraculous Marker is terribly upsetting to me & I'm glad Berry's holding the fort here it's the perfect ray of complexity for her. perhaps that's intimidating too since I want more Marker in my life
I'm terribly sick of the way intertexts are effectively used as crutches for a lot of contemporary poets and this collection is absolutely swarming with them I just think it's a rare case of them Actually working. Proust, Fisher, and Chris Marker, my love! The silence of poets on the remarkable, miraculous Marker is terribly upsetting to me & I'm glad Berry's holding the fort here it's the perfect ray of complexity for her. perhaps that's intimidating too since I want more Marker in my life