Böcker av Kathryn Lomer

AfterLife was shortlisted in the 2021 Dorothy Hewett awards. The judges had this to say about the manuscript:Even the titles thrum, so that the index reads like a suite of small poems. Kathryn Lomer's is a house with many rooms, Wunderkammers all, filled with curious objects drawn from the worlds of art, science, nature, love, life, death... everything. Supple lines and sensitive rhythms make surprising conjunctions, often leading us from the smallest detail of a beloved's body to an erotics of the cosmos. Lomer's music shows us what it means to live a life of poetry.

A vivid, new collection of poetry from one of Tasmania's premier talents, each of the poems in this work are influenced by Kathryn Lomer's considerable skills as a storyteller and convey sensuality, fresh imagery, and tension between the grounded and the whimsical. The volume, which is divided into five interconnecting sections, begins with a poem about the courage to love and centers on the observation "e;I once read that love is mainly courage."e; Drawing inspiration from the Tasmanian wilderness and landscape, these works also touch upon themes of craft and creativity, and motherhood and resilience.