Claire Dyer tells the story behind the writing of Yield
Yield is Claire Dyer’s third collection of poems
Publication date: 21 February 2021 £9.99
- Yield is a mother’s story told in poems
- Born from the poet’s own experience this collection charts the journey, from a mother’s perspective, of the transition of her younger child from boy to girl
- A powerful blend of poetic and narrative art from an accomplished storyteller
- Three senses of the word ‘yield’ underpin the poetry: to bring forth, to give way, and to gain something valuable
Published by Two Rivers Press – tworiverspress.com
Contact Anne Nolan for more information, to request a review copy, or an interview with the author: anne@tworiverspress.com
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About the Author:
As well as being a successful published poet and novelist, Claire Dyer teaches creative writing and curates Poets’ Café, Reading’s longest-running poetry platform on behalf of The Poetry Society’s Reading Stanza. She is also a regular Radio Reads contributor on BBC Radio Berkshire. Her website is www.clairedyer.com
Also by Claire Dyer: Interference Effects; Eleven Rooms.
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‘There is so much that is uncompromising in Claire Dyer’s poems: the cruel precision of each word, line and image, and the sharply perfect intelligence of every metaphor and conceit. And yet Yield is a warm embrace of a book. A chronicle of love, generosity and ethics, Yield is a restorative piece of writing – a solace.’ ~ Kathryn Maris
‘The actual things of the world are everywhere in Claire Dyer’s Yield – thick socks, Glenfiddich, bathrobes, Swarfega, Swedish Meatball Wraps – and in the spaces between move families, friends, lovers, their interrelations astutely picked out as the unsaid is made solid. But such rooted settings don’t prevent flight. Any poet who can end a poem with the lines “the bones in its spine small white discs of” or “Fuck the gob-lin. Rock it” has earned the right to our attention.’ ~ Matthew Caley