With poems in both English and Arabic, this remarkable anthology presents rarely seen poems by over fifty Arab women spanning over 5000 years from the pre-Islamic to the Andalusian periods.
In 2023, Nine Arches Press launched their nationwide Primers scheme for a seventh time, in search of exciting new voices in poetry, with Katie Hale as selecting editor. After reading through hundreds of anonymous entries, and narrowing down the choices from longlist to shortlist, three poets emerged as clear choices: Jade Cuttle, Antonia Taylor and Laura Varnam.Primers Volume Seven now brings together a showcase from three distinctive poets, exploring everything from mudlarking and making a mossary, to the borderlands of conflicts and a bold retelling of an Old English epic. Through lively engagement with language, deep connection to place and time, and the unearthing the stories of myth, history and peoples, these revealing poems offer an insightful collection of new work from some of poetrys most talented emerging voices.