Prairie, Dresses, Art, OtherIn Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other, Danielle Dutton imagines new models for how literature might work in our fractured times. Duttons writing is as protean as it is beguiling, using the different styles and different spaces of experience to create a collage of the depths and strangeness of contemporary life. The collection covers an inventive selection of subjects in four eponymous sections which contrast and echo one another, challenging our

aged just 36

Snail-paced by calm

This collection includes poems on imaginary planets and princes

a diary-like poem exploring her version of the day

probably its nearest neighbours are Kamau Brathwaite’s The Zea Mexican Diary and Trenchtown Rock

Evans writes to acknowledge our responsibilities and interconnectedness with earth and all its lifeforms

trains rolling

Then Marcus’ sister Claire arrives

Soon the family are caught up in a violent political and legal battle that will end in tragedy

kookaburras and cane toads

an air racer and one of Britain’s worst serial killers

this book embraces discovery