A Fold in the Map by Isobel Dixon

A Fold in the Map charts two very different voyages: a tracing of the dislocations of leaving one’s native country, and a searching exploration of grief at a father’s final painful journey. In the first part of the collection, Plenty — “before the fold” — the poems deal with family, and longing for home from a new country, with all the ambiguity and doubleness this perspective entails. In the book’s second half, Meet My Father, the poems recount events more life-changing than merely moving abroad — a father’s illness and death, the loss of some of the plenty of the earlier poems.

Format:Paperback / softback 72 pages
Publisher:Nine Arches Press
Imprint:Nine Arches Press
ISBN:9781911027140
Published:2 Jul 2018
Classifications:Poetry by individual poets
Weight:132g