BOOKS
Paper Crusade
A book-length poem re-imagining The Tempest as a tragedy.
'A visionary, intertextual journey that takes us far beyond standard retelling or response
to Shakespeare. Penn brings new life to the characters here, with an incantatory power
that threatens to lose us in the words and the waves but always takes us somewhere
captivating and unexpected.'
Luke Kennard, cover blurb
Self-portrait as a diviner, failing won the 2018 Paper Swans Prize.
'Self-portrait as a diviner, failing has real finesse. ... This is an incredibly moving
read, rhythmical, each poem almost moans from the page'
Abegail Morley, Judge, 2018 Paper Swans Prize
'Distinctively voiced and formally inventive'
Jeffery Sugarman, Poetry Wales