Wild Honey Press is pleased to announce the publication of _Mnemosyne_ by
Alison Croggon.
14x18 cm, 16 pages, 250 gsm "Natural" Strata card cover with colour
illustration, hand sewn with green twist.
The cover illustration is a detail from Jim Andrews' _Garbogawd_ (the
original can be see at http://www.vispo.com).
Anyone who knows Jim's work will know to expect a stunner.
Alison Croggon is an Australian poet, born in 1962. Her books include the
collection _The Blue Gate_and the novel _Navigatio_. She has written the
libretto for the operas _The Burrow_ and _Gauguin_and is currently working
on _The White Army. _ Her plays include _The Famine _ and _Samarkand._ She
is a founding editor of _Masthead_ literary magazine.
This is a beautiful text, a series of meditations on birth written with
verve and grace.
It's $5 / STG3.50. (p&p free) You can order online at
http://www.wildhoneypress.com/BOOKS/Mnemosyne.html
or just visit to enjoy the cover and some extracts, including the following,
appended below. Also available from Peter Riley books.
BTW if you're broke and would still like a copy, bc me and we'll organise
something.
best
Randolph
II
no eye no fingerprint no nose no lips no voice unnamed unthought
unknown un
til the brain's soft galaxy
unlids itself and sucks the tang of sea
dividing into time
cell by cell by cell
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