Good Ground by Olly Todd Arnaldo Calveyra Mute is a book which

Mute is a book which speaks especially to the unheard

“Full of tender

meeting her own child self as she comes of age in the riotous 80s and 90s

break down

an inspired ode to self-recognition

Good Ground by Olly Todd Arnaldo Calveyra Mute is a book whichGood Ground by Olly Todd is an expansive and sharply observed collection that blends memoir, cultural commentary, and lyric digression with a skater's eye for momentum and terrain. Spanning London and Los Angeles, Cumbria and Union Square, the poems range across landscapes both urban and domestic, attentive to the textures of language, architecture, and memory. Todd's lines are deft and searching, often elliptical yet richly referential, moving