Böcker av Seni Seneviratne

Incisive social and political concerns are matched by her meticulous care with the shape of each poem and the architecture of this collection, where individual poems are enriched by their place in the whole and their dialogue with each other.

Personal heartbreak and public political trauma collide in this moving poetry compilation. While the poems struggle with sadness, a sense of acceptance transcends the pain as the poet explores a mixed heritage background. Sudden twists of anger and tragedy are tempered only by the poet's compassion, and the overall effect is both compelling and cathartic. Hauntingly compelling, this collection will appeal most to those interested in LGBT studies and diasporic literature.

Seni Seneviratne delves into her father's experience of WW2, the only non-white signalman in a platoon stationed in North Africa. Sparked by a collection of photos, the poems explore the mix of male camaraderie and casual racism of that experience, but also the deep affection hinted at in the way the photographer has framed "Snowball" in his lens.

Offering a poetic landscape that echoes themes of migration, family, love, and loss, this collection of poems reflects the author's personal journey as a woman of Sri Lankan and English heritage. The poems cross oceans and centuries, traveling from colonial Britain to Ceylon in the 15th century and back to Yorkshire in the 20th Century. Elsewhere, time collapses and carries her from a 21st century Leeds back to the flax mills of the 19th century and another poem, based on childhood memories, places her in 1950's Yorkshire but echoes links with her Sri Lankan heritage.