Constructing a Witch by Helen Ivory
Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Recommendation Simon & Schuster gives voice to a little-known

gives voice to a little-known woman from the past

something forgotten

In their passage between America and England and the terrain of early motherhood

The past half-century has confirmed their work as poetry of great literary quality

He became involved with the Poetry Society while working as a housing officer in London: he later became the writer in residence at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

Constructing a Witch by Helen Ivory<br><b>Poetry Book Society Winter 2024 Recommendation</b> Simon & Schuster gives voice to a little-knownDespite the Devil being conceived to direct human baseness away from our goodly selves, there has always been sin in the world. The Bible has it that woman is the weaker vessel, therefore her inferior ways could easily let the Devil into the house, and into her oh so corruptible body and thus the story begins. Helen Ivorys new collection Constructing a Witch fixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women and on the fear of ageing femininity.