Martina Evans

poet / novelist


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Photo © Barbara Piemonte, 2007

Facing the Public
Latest poetry collection from Anvil Press

'Martina Evans's poems are a miracle, for the way they combine total clarity with profundity: the way the apparently innocent and observant humour of their narrative surface covers a compassion and understanding that are often heartbreaking and heartbroken. Tragedy and cheerfulness are inextricable here. Facing the Public is my book of the year.' - Bernard O’Donoghue

A TLS Book of the Year: '... brilliant mix of wide-eyed humour and pathos ...'

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