The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford Elisabeth Sennit Clough 'Edge' and 'Paralytic'

'Edge' and 'Paralytic'

’     – Alexey Golubev

earlier selves are merged with other female voices

the result of an unprecedented collaboration between a team of poets

The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford Elisabeth Sennit Clough 'Edge' and 'Paralytic'Shortlisted for The Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection 2026 While newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redford's wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine