Jill Ireland

The Farewell Suites

Arts & Literature

“Andrew Lansdown’s new poetry collection invites us into his experiences as son and brother, reflecting profoundly on the dwindling of life, on slow death and sudden death, and on the grief of those left behind. Lansdown burrows into meaning, uncovering connections and resonances that we sense are true, although we had not identified them ourselves. He endows minuscule objects and single moments with metaphorical significance that readers can’t forget. It is an extraordinary gift, honed over decades of dedicated observation and wordsmithing.”