Beautiful Nowhere

by Louisa Campbell

The vivid, passionately wrought poems of Beautiful Nowhere encompass themes of childhood trauma, madness, dissociation, psychosis and even an exorcism. Louisa Campbell’s sure handling of these dark and difficult themes draws upon five decades of experience, ensuring the poems’ unflinching honesty, empathy and authenticity in depicting extreme states of mind. Yet these are poems of joy as much as despair, always looking towards ‘the furthest we can see; a beautiful nowhere’.

Genres: Poetry

90 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2021

Reviews

[Emsy McNeil · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gorgeous anthology. I find myself coming back to it time and time again. I truly believe it has shaped who I am today.

Beautiful nowhere captures, in such an accurately raw way, what living with trauma and mental illness is like. It is, sometimes, a difficult read due to how on the nose it is.

I would recommend this anthology to anyone.

[Isla Rose Kershaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great poetry, a lot of favourite and powerful poems.