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*WINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2015*
*WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PETERS FRASER + DUNLOP YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2015*
There is a Chinese proverb that says: ‘It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.’ But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots.
With extraordinary range and power, the poems build into a meditation on hybridity, intermarriage and love – what meaning we find in the world, in art, and in each other. Crossing the bounds of time, race and language, this is an enthralling exploration of self and place, of migration and inheritance, and introduces an unmistakable new voice in British poetry.
The Map and the Clock: A Laureate's Choice of the Poetry of Britain and Ireland 
Poems of the Dead and Undead (Everyman Pocket Poets) 
Ten Poems about Aunts (Selected and introduced by Anne Harvey) 
Ten War Poems 
Imagine - John Lennon, Yoko Ono Lennon, Amnesty International illustrated by Jean Jullien 
The Lover's Pinch 
Swansea Automatic 
New and Selected Poems. Volume One 
The Handle of the Door 
States of Happiness 
Milk and Honey 
Insistence 
Luck Is the Hook 
A Frank O'Hara Notebook 
Strong in the Rain