Cormorant Anne Dean enigmatic and vulgar in equal

enigmatic and vulgar in equal measure

more selves

running for the door – or speak

of memory and imagination

friendship and family

Cormorant Anne Dean enigmatic and vulgar in equalElizabeth Parkers second collection, Cormorant, explores the creature of the title from all angles. The bird itself however is always untameable and irreducible to human impressions. It is a Devil Bird (Dart), omens in a dying beech (Cormorant), the bubble of an underwater diver, an enemy of anglers, or the elusive subject watched by humans. Parker plays close attention to the city of Bristol and its inhabitants whether they are human or more than