Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014 by Salena Godden Leonardo Boix Muddy River is the essential

Muddy River is the essential Anglophone introduction to Stratanovsky’s oeuvre

and in 2017 she gained second place in the York Literature Poetry Competition

was published by Anvil in 1985

Songs of independence

Resisting modernity’s unearthly glare

Fishing in the Aftermath: Poems 1994-2014 by Salena Godden Leonardo Boix Muddy River is the essentialHow often is it that a poet with the name recognition factor and critical standing of Salena Godden publishes their frst collection 20 years into their career? This is more that a sweeping up exercise, more than a greatest hits retrospective, more than a gathering up of old work. Salena takes us on a hair raising ride through the process of a writer, the highs, the lows, the drinks, the lovers, the fghts, the sex (especially the sex) that she has