The Strongbox by Sasha Dugdale Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal intimately inhabited geographies provide reference

intimately inhabited geographies provide reference points and sites for revisiting

language and identity

Here the female body is a dark landscape

But it's her refreshing commitment to the power of the individual poem that will leave the reader turning each page in eager anticipation: here is an immediate

The Strongbox by Sasha Dugdale Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal intimately inhabited geographies provide referenceThe Strongbox opens with the abduction of a woman to a foreign land and ends with the Rape of Europa. Drawing in elements of Greek mythology, epic literature and recent history, this protean work gives shape to a cast of characters both ancient and modern, as they flit in and out of tales, their voices overlapping and interacting. An unnamed girl is persuaded to leave behind her country and her childhood and travel to a warzone. Helen of Sparta,