Pretenders by Kate Potts Aviva Dautch Thus I go slow

Thus I go slow

Longley has been exploring Lochalsh in the Western Highlands where his daughter the painter Sarah Longley now lives with her family

half-satirical

the work of 'one who is not afraid of big subjects

Part boozy lovesick rage and part personal reflection on the nature of fame

Pretenders by Kate Potts Aviva Dautch Thus I go slowIn Pretenders, her third book of poetry, Kate Potts asks: what is it like, as a daily, lived experience, to feel like a fraud or a fake? And what can the imposter phenomenon' a sense that our true abilities and achievements, and other core aspects of our identities, are unreal, undeserved or mistakenly bestowed tell us about who we are and how we relate to one another? Through lively and vivid poetic monologues drawn from original interview material,