In the Shadow of the Yew by John Barnie Marosa di Giorgio A biological cartography of the

A biological cartography of the effects of trauma and silence

quotations from writers and loved ones interweave with fragmented narration and the intervention of roving macaques – so that not just gender and genre and sickness are queered

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Yrsa gently takes readers by the hand

In the Shadow of the Yew by John Barnie Marosa di Giorgio A biological cartography of theIn a tight sequence of 33 poems, In the Shadow of the Yew, John Barnie leads us through the cemetery of hopes (Conrad). A layered monologue in a distinctive voice that is incisive and deeply questioning, Barnie asks whether the suffering of humanity and the suffering we inflict renders our species a curse. better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun. says the writer of Ecclesiastes, and