Glass

by Rose Hunter

Glass focuses on two events: the death of a close friend of the narrator's in an accident in Mexico, and a mysterious illness that left her unable to walk for much of the next year. From there the book roams outwards and inwards, over memories from other times and places including Mexico City, and various towns in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, as well as Brisbane, Australia, where the narrator returns for medical treatment.

Book blurbs:

“Rose Hunter’s poems decentre the speaking subject, shifting position from the absurd to the oneiric, from the colourful streets of Mexico to Brisbane. Part-diary, part-confession, glass is a delicate and resilient collection, a hybrid language answering poetry’s questions of memory and desire.”
—Michelle Cahill

“When I read Rose Hunter’s poetry I am immersed in the flow of her music, as if the conscious world is an intensely coloured envelope of experience: wonder mixed with something dark and unpredictable. Anyone who can say “a cantaloupe is the fruit equivalent of a lobster” has my full attention.
—Angela Gardner

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Valerie Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic and original work. If, like me, you adore when poets create meaning by the spaces and absences on the page, you will appreciate "Glass." I know Hunter's other books, and I see a continuation of explorations of similar themes. Hunter is especially good at showing us/sounding for us the human heart dealing with unexpected loss.