Bøker av Astrid Alben

Little Dead Rabbit, a book-length poem that is part adult fairy-tale, part concrete poem about a little dead rabbit the poet found on the verge of a road. Ostensibly about death, the poem is equally a meditation on healing and joy.

Innovative and energetic, this is Alben's first collection. There are surprises at the turn of every line. Intensely visual, erotically charged and linguistically adventurous, her poems explore love and life with deft humour and poise. Belonging is difficult but the impulse to connect remains as powerful as ever.

In Plainspeak, readers will experience Astrid Alben's unorthodox alter-ego-thinking-out-louder poems with the same exhilaration as they might engage with art or jazz. This sequence of poems plays with formal boundaries, exploring gendered linguistic identity and the lyrical poetic voice.