Somewhere Something is Burning by Alice Frecknall Maura Dooley ‘The radioactive spider that bit

‘The radioactive spider that bit Chen Chen (isn’t that how first books get made

grieving but life-affirming poems that solely comprise this dual-authored volume

the air has the feel and smell of dawn a distant shiver of lost magic

and in their own lives

challenging and completely original

Somewhere Something is Burning by Alice Frecknall Maura Dooley ‘The radioactive spider that bitThe great thing about these surreal, dazzling poems is how they follow their own, always unexpected logic and pull the reader along with them as well; beneath the luminous imagery lies a heart that will move and beguile you Andrew McMillan An examination of solitude and absence, the poems within this collection grapple with the reality and taboo of loneliness pitted against an anxiety of connecting. Exploring human relationships, breakdown in