Loop of Jade by Sarah Howe memoir “To write these poems

“To write these poems

but one that has brought deep mutual and self-understanding

Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel’s heartfelt new collection is a grief observed: an elegy for her mother on her death at the age of ninety-seven

from 1914 until 1948

Jane Clarke's third collection is far-reaching and yet precisely rooted in time and place

Loop of Jade by Sarah Howe memoir “To write these poemsThere is a Chinese proverb that says: It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters. But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots. With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into a meditation on hybridity, intermarriage and love what meaning we find in the world, in art, and in each other.