Kin Michael Rosen When I first read Joan

When I first read Joan Margarit

Her elegies are restrained and devastating

Poet Laureate)

this collection raises serious questions and seeks to capture the energy of Rojava

the bah… humbug of Christmas enjoyed in glorious solitude and a jaded Mary who has spent far too long on the back of a donkey

Kin Michael Rosen When I first read JoanPublished 18th July 2025. In this important anthology of poetry and art, Roma, Traveller and women of various nomadic identities are summoned to witness the stirring expressions of their sisters bold testaments to the endurance and ingenuity of the voices of those often marginalized. It is not an anthology of protest or appeasement, rather it is women asserting and presenting their work in their very proud fashion. Here, written language, both prose