Beginnings & Other Tragedies by Ilaria Boffa belonging 'This fourth collection from the

'This fourth collection from the Bolton-born

the female body is cannibal

riding towards inspiration on horseback or thinking about manatees

whose joy in landscape and his surroundings shines through his body of work

often frank and funny but also multifarious

Beginnings & Other Tragedies by Ilaria Boffa belonging 'This fourth collection from theBeginnings & Other Tragedies is a powerful book length poem, offering a choral experience of a present future where almost all hope seems lost except for that offered by poetry itself, and the "beginners" who care about our planet and dream of making a change. In the background, the landscape of Venice, the sinking city. Drawing on nature poetry, dystopian fiction and Greek tragedy, Ilaria Boffa reimagines scientific and ecological language as sites