Bloodlines by Sarah Wimbush

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Winner of thePBS &MslexiaWomen’s Poetry Pamphlet Prize 2019

Bloodlines is an exploration of Sarah Wimbush’s own Gypsy/Traveller heritage, a journey made by piecing together fragments of distant stories and scattered language. Along the way, we meet people who are ‘tethered to the seasons’; voices that reverberate with a sense of family and resilience, and always with that constant wonder of being part of something colourful, untamed and rare.

“There is a Romany saying,We are all one: all who are with us are ourselves;Sarah Wimbush’s collection draws us into the world of Travellers with linguistic panache and delight.”David Morley

“Sarah Wimbush’s exciting poetry has that rare ring of authenticity. Her language brings to life a lost world with startling vividness. Itis the real thing.”Carole Bromley

“Bloodlinesasserts Carroty Kate, our Jud and Lizzie’s right to have their mother tongue placedamong the voices of poetry.”Stuart Pickford

“A thrilling debut that kept me outdoors in the grassy world of communal lives. I love the formal dazzle and linguistic dare that spoke of defiance, survival and utter joy.”Daljit Nagra