Gold Light Shining by Bebe Ashley  Iliad a wild swimmer grapples with

a wild swimmer grapples with sharks and all the while these questing

from celebrated contemporary poets like Malika Booker

memories with striking ideas

Helen Moore

Gold Light Shining by Bebe Ashley  Iliad a wild swimmer grapples withWithin five minutes, I knew I loved the stranger in my head. In her debut collection of poetry, Bebe Ashley spins gold from the detritus of the internet. A landscape often depicted as a wasteland is illuminated in poems that explore celebrity, obsession, sexuality, coming of age, and that charismatic enigma, Harry Styles. Inspired by sources as diverse as Styless track listings, Scandi webseries Skam, and One Direction newsletters, Ashley spins us