My Darling From the Lions by Rachel Long
PBS Autumn Wild Card 2020 PoetryofExtinction moving and accomplished poems that

moving and accomplished poems that speak to all humanity

showing in its final part how everyone’s personal life is in direct descent from the personal lives of ancestors

even as they remember the passion

we find James in ill health but high spirits

Other complications coloured their lives

My Darling From the Lions by Rachel Long <br><b>PBS Autumn Wild Card 2020</b> PoetryofExtinction moving and accomplished poems that'Rachel Long is an enchanting and heartwarming new voice in poetry.' Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other 'A voice so clear it cuts through everything and rings like a bell.' Mary Jean Chan, author of Flech Rachel Longs much anticipated debut collection of poems, My Darling from the Lions, announces the arrival of a thrilling new presence in poetry. Each poem has a vivid story to tell of family quirks, the perils of dating, the grip of