Under the Blue

<p><b>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE*</b><br><br><b>''Breath-taking . . . </b><b>Evans brings forensic observation and brave grace to turbulent waters and the infinitesimal rituals of care'' NANCY CAMPBELL</b><br><b><br>''Evans hears the world around her like no one else; she paces from beauty to agony and back without missing a step'' NOREEN MASUD</b><br><br><b>''</b><b>Balances a hypnotically dreamy and filmic vision with a precise and unsentimental lyric voice'' POLLY ATKIN</b><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><b>From the multi-award-winning poet: a new collection of soaring lyricism and desire, exploring the act of care and the consequences of loving</b><br><br><i>Under the Blue</i> is an arresting, deeply candid exploration of both the shimmering beauty of life and the realities of care. <br><br>Through a series of glittering fragmental prose poems and evocative postcards, Suzannah V. Evans has produced a kaleidoscopic meditation grounded by profound humanity and empathy – about intimacy and togetherness, sickness and pain, what can be said and what remains unsayable.<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><b>''Catches us in the complexity of pleasure and pain that is being bodies in this world'' PHOEBE POWER</b><br><br><b>''Understated, true and wise ... A poetic waterlog buoyed by the rhythms of love'' ISABEL GALLEYMORE</b></p>