We're so excited to share Unsafe by Karen McCarthy Woolf as our Spring 2026 Choice.
Born in London to English and Jamaican parents, Karen McCarthy Woolf FRSL is the author of two poetry collections and the editor of seven literary anthologies. Shortlisted for the Forward Felix Dennis and Jerwood Prizes, her debut An Aviary of Small Birds tells the story of losing a son in childbirth and was an Observer Book of the Year. Seasonal Disturbances, our 2017 Recommendation, explores gentrification, the city and the sacred, was a winner in the inaugural Laurel Prize for ecological poetry.
She has served as Chair and Judge of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize several times, was a judge of the National Poetry Competition in 2021 and is currently on the judging panel of the Forward Prize and Gingko Prize.
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