Beast by Pascale Petit
Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2025
Emily Berry real-life Dr Aaron Esterson

real-life Dr Aaron Esterson

testing the emotional valences of each

John Birtwhistle has said that 'one writes each poem just to learn how to write it'

Using labanotation and rhythm to analyse movement from Caribbean dances to movements carried out in everyday rituals

Her startling instinct for metaphor

Beast by Pascale Petit<br><b>Poetry Book Society Recommendation Summer 2025</b><br> Emily Berry real-life Dr Aaron EstersonMythic and familial beasts roam the swamps and moors of Pascale Petit's Beast. These spirits of the wild haunt the Camargue of Provence, the limestone Causses and gorges of the Languedoc, Indian tiger forests, the Amazon rainforest, and her home by Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Some of these remote places are vestiges of earth's pristine habitats, while other wildernesses are encaged in cellars of Paris, along with the world's last species. Their essence