A Lemming Year

Fiona Smith has created a beauty of a collection in A Lemming Year, a poetry of clarity and sharp descriptive power, yet a poetry charged with the emotions of attachment. Hers is a poetry of remembrance and reading, of love and bereavement, yet it is work imbued with craft and craftsmanship. Here is a unique poetic talent, writing in a clear style that may be relished and enjoyed, a poetry as unexpected as a Nordic cheese. — Thomas McCarthy