Butterfly Valley Abigail Parry affirming her renewed although not

affirming her renewed although not uncritical affection for the country of her birth

Philip Gross

What a treat to have this substantial collection from one of the most enigmatic new voices in poetry today

Rich with the complexities that join these states of being

It’s a creature that spills its guts and impels the same from others—peoples

Butterfly Valley Abigail Parry affirming her renewed although notThe late 1980s witnessed two devastating chemical attacks by the Saddam rgime on Iraqi Kurdistan. The first of these, in 1988, known as the Anfal campaign, saw the destruction of 3000 Kurdish villages, over 40 chemical attacks launched, and 100,000 civilians buried in mass graces, with hundreds more dying of exposure to chemical weapons. The second attack was on the town of Halabja where over 5000 people died instantly. Thousands of people who had