Now You Can Look

by Julia Bird, Anna Vaivare (Illustrator)

This is a tale you can read three ways. The first time through, it’s the story of a woman who takes one glance at conventional early-twentieth-century life, and throws in her lot with art instead.

The second time, you might ask yourself if this woman is based on any particular artist of the inter-war period, and you’d be right to wonder – though this is no work of scholarly biography. A line connects the historical to the here-and-now, but it’s feathered and soft.

Third time reading, find the point where memoir and imagination connect. Now you can look.

36 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2017

Reviews

[Slow Culture Magazine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Julia Bird’s poetry is rich and witty, and Anne Vaivare‘s illustrations couldn’t complete and enrich her writing more.

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