Hekate

A new poetry pamphlet by Nicola Nathan. The Goddess Hekate is discovered in her many guises. Hekate as healer, as the triple-headed goddess of the crossroads, as goddess of dreams and oracles, holder of keys to the underworld, has been a figure in myth and literature for thousands of years. Nicola Nathan's haunting, deeply-felt poems celebrate Hekate as blood-sister to all women, but also as confessor and confidante; they address the goddess with urgency, in the expectation of being heard. ‘In these magical, visceral, beautifully-crafted poems, Nicola Nathan conjures Hekate with such cunning that the goddess herself begins to emerge, tantalisingly, in shadows and glimmers, from this extraordinary sequence.’ - John Burnside Nicola Nathan has published widely in magazines, with poems in Poetry London, One Hand Clapping, The Edinburgh Review. Ambit, Agenda and Wild Court. Her first poetry pamphlet, Tiny, was published by The Next Review in 2016. Praise for Nicola's first pamphlet: "This is an intriguing and absorbing debut, and, in its musical assurance and control of verse movement, a refreshing one." - Sean O'Brien "Really beautiful strong writing, not a word wasted. The poems move with utterly confident voice, grace, language and music, addressing serious emotional questions in their eerily brilliant mythical glide." - Ruth Padel