Food for the Dead (Shortlisted, Forward Prizes for Best First Collection)

Charlotte Shevchenko Knight(Jonathan Cape, 2024); pbk, £13, Food for the Dead by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight is a hauntingly evocative poetry collection that weaves together Ukrainian history, personal memory, and the deep scars of generational trauma. At the heart of the collection is a powerful timeline of interconnected poems, moving backwards from Kyiv in 2021 to Read More