Tesserae

by Helen Kitson, W.H. Headdon

58 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

I live in Worcester with my husband (YA author Elon Dann) and our two grown-up children. I hold an MA in Art History and work as a legal secretary.

My first poetry collection was nominated for the Forward Best First Collection Prize. In 1996 I was joint winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine Poet of the Year competition. In 2016 I was shortlisted for the Dundee Book Prize.

My short fiction has appeared in many magazines, including Ambit, The Reader, Feminist Review, and Stand.

My novels, 'The Last Words of Madeleine Anderson' and 'Old Bones', are published by Louise Walters Books and set in the fictional Shropshire village of Morevale.

Reviews

[Erik Ryman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this a few years ago, but it has stayed with me and is a book I return too often. How Tesserae didn't win an award at the time has always been a mystery, it is one of the most insightful and beautifully constructed collections of poetry I have ever read.