Overview
The poems in Joy mark a new departure for Sasha Dugdale, who expresses in poetry a hitherto 'silent' dialogue which she began as an editor of Modern Poetry in Translation with writers such as Don Mee Choi, Kim Hyesoon, Maria Stepanova and Svetlana Alexeivich. Dugdale combines an open interest in the historical fate of women and in the treacherous fictional shaping of history. In the abundant, complex and not always easy range of voices in Joy she attempts to redress the linear nature of remembrance and history and restore the 'maligned and misaligned'.Reviews
'Addictive writing, compelling and tender' - Malika Booker '...a beguiling and unusual debut, its best poems at once elusive, satisfying and likely to go on being read' - Sean O'Brien, Times Literary Supplement on Notebook 'The sensibility The Estate reveals is intelligent and wry - as well as highly original' - Fiona Sampson, Tower Poetry, on The Estate 'My favourite collection this year is Sasha Dugdale's 'Red House'. I like how she has infused her British sensibility with the passion and abandon of Russian poets like Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tssvetaeva, whom she has previously translated' - Kathryn Maris, Timeout Magazine Best of 2011, on Red HouseAuthor Biography
Sasha Dugdale is a poet, translator and playwright. She has published three collections of poetry with Carcanet, Notebook, The Estate, and Red House. In 2017 she was awarded a Cholmondeley Prize. Between 2012 and 2017 she was editor of Modern Poetry in Translation. She is co-director of the Winchester Poetry Festival.
