Small Pointed Things by Erica McAlpine Jericho Brown My Secret Life is the

My Secret Life is the first translation of Krisztina Tóth's poetry into English

as everything collapses around her

'These are outstanding poems: constructed like a collection of beautifully made

beginnings end and endings begin

this book celebrates and gives voice to experiences rooted in the region that have largely lain at the margins

Small Pointed Things by Erica McAlpine Jericho Brown My Secret Life is thePublished 24th April 2025. Punctuated by rhyme and shaped by traditional poetic forms, the poems in Small Pointed Things take up the themes of marriage, motherhood, and family life, distilling everyday occurrences into moments of self discovery. Poignant and funny in equal measure, many of these poems address human concerns comically reimagined through the analogous lives of plants and animalsfrom snowdrops to love lies bleeding, manatees to warthogs,