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Cry
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- Book Synopsis
- In Cry, Katy Mahon writes from the blurred edges between motherhood and creativity - a place of contradictions, where chores and maternal routines deprive the poet of space to write, even as the joys of parenting provide constant inspiration for new art.Her answer is to embrace it all, at once: readers will find poems of frustration, exhaustion and the fear of losing oneself, threaded with love, awe and the quiet astonishment of watching a child grow. In this way, constraint is revealed as a form of grace; restriction as a means to enable true expression.Ultimately, the collection stands as both confession and celebration: an intimate portrait of the creative mother learning to breathe, to write, and to be.
- About The Author
- Katy Mahon is an Irish musician and poet, brought up in London and now living in York. Her poems have appeared in a range of Irish and English journals, including The Irish Independent, The Honest Ulsterman, SurVision Magazine and The Galway Review. Her debut pamphlet, Some Indefinable Cord, was published by Dreich in 2022.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781915606778
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Valley Press, (11 June 2026)
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 mm
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