Karen Downs-Barton

Praise for Minx

Like amber, these poems capture moments of time, place and feeling which otherwise would be unseen and ignored. How are we to survive our memories if they are not held like this? Every one of us

Lemn Sissay, author of MY NAME IS WHY

Minx is a splinter of a book, something that interrupts the body. It's a beautiful violence, each page a shock of poetry that renders an underclass family vivid. Rich, delicate, and brutal, Minx is ...

Joelle Taylor, author of C+nto and Othered Poems

Minx by Karen Downs-Barton is a work of linguistic and formal daring, a poetry collection that inhabits the liminal spaces of identity with precision and verve. Through its incisive engagement with ...

David Morley, author of The Invisible Gift

Like amber, these poems capture moments of time, place and feeling which otherwise would be unseen and ignored. How are we to survive our memories if they are not held like this? Every one of us

Lemn Sissay, author of MY NAME IS WHY

Minx is a splinter of a book, something that interrupts the body. It's a beautiful violence, each page a shock of poetry that renders an underclass family vivid. Rich, delicate, and brutal, Minx is ...

Joelle Taylor, author of C+nto and Othered Poems

Minx by Karen Downs-Barton is a work of linguistic and formal daring, a poetry collection that inhabits the liminal spaces of identity with precision and verve. Through its incisive engagement with ...

David Morley, author of The Invisible Gift

Like amber, these poems capture moments of time, place and feeling which otherwise would be unseen and ignored. How are we to survive our memories if they are not held like this? Every one of us

Lemn Sissay, author of MY NAME IS WHY

Minx is a splinter of a book, something that interrupts the body. It's a beautiful violence, each page a shock of poetry that renders an underclass family vivid. Rich, delicate, and brutal, Minx is ...

Joelle Taylor, author of C+nto and Othered Poems

Minx by Karen Downs-Barton is a work of linguistic and formal daring, a poetry collection that inhabits the liminal spaces of identity with precision and verve. Through its incisive engagement with ...

David Morley, author of The Invisible Gift