Against Falling by Linda Anderson
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2026 Lucy Dawkins and recognising one’s voice and

and recognising one’s voice and one’s loves amid the clamour

Farewell My Lovely (2009) grapples with the price of survival

hunger and desire

elements and polarity

and chickens who dream at night of their dino ancestors’ ‘dagger teeth’

Against Falling by Linda Anderson<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2026</b> Lucy Dawkins and recognising one’s voice andPublished 28th April 2026 At the heart of Linda Andersons second collection is an exploration of time and of ageing. Time is pressing, urgent, in relation to both the individual and the planet. However, underneath, there is also something unfinished, whether that be in relation to memorys ability to revise the past and take on different shapes and meanings, or in relation to writing itself which has a materiality which links it to the body of the