Released September 30th 2021 // 42 pages // 978-1-913642-54-9
Covid / Corvid by Alyson Hallett & Penelope Shuttle is an uplifting pamphlet of sonnets written in response to the pandemic. Hallett & Shuttle both allude to the natural world, using its vibrancy to contrast to the boredom and rigmarole of lockdown life. Their use of from is playful, tocking and tucking sonnets into various shapes and sizes. Covid / Corvid is an accessible pamphlet full of profound and clear-eyed poetry, unafraid to say “fuck lockdown blues”.
Alyson Hallett lives in Bath. She loves to walk, swim, read and play piano. She has collaborated with other writers, sculptors, composers and , visual artists. Her project, The Migration Habits of Stones, involves making journeys around the world with stones: www.thestonelibrary.com
Penelope Shuttle lives in Cornwall, and her most recent full collection, her 13th, is Lyonesse, Bloodaxe, June, 2021. She enjoys collaborative working, and in September 2021 Broken Sleep published her and Alyson Hallett's pamphlet of sonnets, Covid/Corvid. Shuttle's Retrieved Data, a Secret Sleep pamphlet, appeared in early 2021.
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