Bath of Herbs Abdallah Abdulwahab

Bath of Herbs Abdallah AbdulwahabBath of Herbs is a beautifully crafted, honest and thoughtful first collection which explores the complexity of mixed race, hybrid identities and relationships to the English and Welsh mountains, fells, rivers and shorelines from an othered, unmappable, positionality. It celebrates and mourns the unspoken pain and joys of motherhood; of menstrual cycles, childbirth, tending to sick children with life threatening illnesses, the death of mothers, love

including The Commandant of Lubizec

turning instead to the vibrant realities of the Jamaican working class

between inner life and outer witness

novels as well as poetry

and at the same time [forceful]

Originally envisaged as the perfect underclass

Fat crackles and drips along the slats and is sucked up by old women

Noel Monahan has won several awards for his work

‘a very entertaining

Terry Laybourne

Preferably Dead

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