The Caiplie Caves (Shortlisted, 2019 TS Eliot Prize)

This is Canadian-born Karen Solie’s fifth full collection and it is a strange and wonderful read, taking two outwardly unappealing themes of loneliness and indecision and exploring them fully through the eyes of the seventh-century Scottish saint St Ethernan.  The titular ‘Caiplie Caves’ were the dwelling place of said saint on the sleepy Fife coast, Read More