Stay Winter - by Eipe (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The second collection from a poet who offers 'a shift in poetry, a cracking open of new possibilities' (Irish Times)

Partly inspired by a blacksmith's apprenticeship, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe has wrought a range of gleaming elements into the poems of Stay Winter. The figure of the horse recurs: we encounter the twin steeds of the warrior Cúchulainn as well as the champion Thoroughbred Red Rum. Both Celtic Brigid and Greek Hephaestus appear as gods of the forge. Amid a powerful Irish literary heritage including Yeats, Joyce and Heaney are painterly translations of Neruda and Lorca. Stay Winter captures the 'thing of beauty' and the 'dark thing' as the poet confronts the shadow aspects of the self. It conjures a compelling wintry realm in which love is made and remade anew.

Review Quotes

"Heralding the arrival of an assured and compassionate new voice . . . One feels, reading Eipe's collection . . . a shift in poetry, a cracking open of new possibilities" - Seán Hewitt, Irish Times

"Dazzling, incantatory future poetry" - Jeet Thayil

"In Auguries of a Minor God, her outstanding debut collection, Eipe sings of joys and wounds felt deeply under the skin . . . a startling gesture in the face of a threatening world" - David Wheatley, Guardian

"Eipe is an ardent soul. Her work is youthful and wise, signalling a profound interest in destruction, stillness, healing, joy" - Anne Enright