Home Cha Alsadir's ambitious tour de force

Alsadir's ambitious tour de force demands we pay new attention to the current conversation about the nature of lyric – and human relationships – in the 21st century

Peter Theunynck

In a headlong rush

There is no better way to make the acquaintance of one of the greatest British poets of the twentieth century

’ – Kate Briggs

Home Cha Alsadir's ambitious tour de forceEmily Critchley Home, the latest collection from writer Emily Critchley, is part experimental confession, part elegiac plea. It is an exploration of the damage done by, in and to many different manifestations of home: with poetry about child abuse, wrongful imprisonment, #MeToo, borders, Brexit, our lost biophilia and global warming, among other issues. It is also an attempt to work through the pieces of a broken family, a broken society and a broken