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Synopsis
A winner in The Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition 2007.Yvonne Green was born in London in 1957. Her poems have been published in many magazines and journals and on BBC Radio 4’s 'The Food Programme'. She is poet in residence to JWA Women’s Refuge, to Norwood Ravenswood and at Spiro’s Ark. ‘Yvonne Green takes us into the unfamiliar world of Boukhara and Judeo Tajik culture with complete assurance. For all the lucidity of her poetry, her work has an unusual density. This is a fine new voice, which deserves to be widely heard.’ – Elaine Feinstein‘There is a homeliness and accuracy of observation and diction in her work which reveal religious and social dignity.’ – Sebastian Barker‘These enthralling and lovely poems begin with rich recollections of another country (“so we ate so we loved”), but darken into the shock of domestic violence. This collection is absolutely straightforward to read, but quite unforgettable.’ – Alison Brackenbury
The level of personal directness achieved in Yvonne Green’s writing, combined with a consummately sensitive approach to the poetic line, is indeed a rarity, even among her contemporaries. Her distinctive knack for striking a balance between lush description, familial/religious history, and difficult emotional exactitude, reminds me of no other poet writing today. These poems signal the start of what is certain to be a major body of poetic work.
Jason Roush
Yvonne Green's BOUKHARA transports you to another time, another culture. Tradition filled with humanity sets the stage as you feel completely surrounded by the atmosphere she so fully brings to life. Each piece, a different flavor for the pallet which leaves you full and satisfied from a feast worth reading.
Katie Walter
I think Yvonne Green has achieved the impossible: a series of pieces that is accessible and mysterious at once, the way the best myths and fables are. It is full of images that are palpable; that the reader can taste and touch and experience both from a distance and close-in. I am filled with admiration! This is a very significant triumph for her, and I am sure she will build on it.
Wendy Klein
This little book was a revelation to me - opening up my mind to the world of poetry. I could not put it down, read it cover to cover and then re-read it again in one session. Her poems, based largely on her Bukharian Jewish family background introduce us to the life and rich colour of that everyday life. the latter poems come as a shock, dealing, as they do, with issues of domestic violence. They come like a slap on the face and have a universal message for any and everyone. I return to this book and each time am impressed anew.
Ruth Corman
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