Sarah Irving

I do things with words, mainly English and Arabic

Reviewed: ‘La Estrella Invisible’

Electronic Intifada, 17th September 2015

On one level, these are deeply personal poems — intimate, allusive, sometimes subtly erotic. On another, though, the subtitle of the collection betrays the larger question of identity and politics which lies behind the individual experience.
Often, the two are indistinguishable, with lovers and homeland intertwined in tales of passion, betrayal and loss.

The full review is here.

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