<strong>Almanacs</strong> a mythic scrapbook bag of cats a oneman band...Jen HadfieldsAlmanacs is concerned with lists rules and archetypes and what they dontac... » 

Almanacs a mythic scrapbook bag of cats a oneman band...Jen HadfieldsAlmanacs is concerned with lists rules and archetypes and what they dontaccount for. It takes as its subjects the Tarot the lore of Full Moonsweather myths and travellers tales. The books central sequence LoreleisLore is a road movie in poems set in the north of Scotland Ultima Thulehijacked by elusive sirens and Harrier jets. Theres the ruthless Loreleigorgeous Ghosty whos given up on everything except the Road and Skerrymanpatron saint of bad weather and absencemakestheheartgrowfonder. Itsobsessed with yearning like the two seas separated by the tip of Shetlandmetres apartand desperate for each other. Loreleis Lore wonders whatsbeautiful? tarmac? sheep carcasses? sunburn? and wheres your native home? «