GIRLS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS
HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED
FOR THE 2018 TED HUGHES AWARD

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Among the multiple questions posed by the book, two stand out: “what of ruined flesh?” and “Do you feel destroyed,/ girl?” Doshi leads a serious interrogation, but her work isn’t without playfulness and sarcasm, and she takes pleasure in such simple turns as describing landscapes or weather: “The washing’s on the line./ There are pillows in the grass./ All the weeds we pulled up yesterday/ lie in clotted heaps, dying slowly.” Doshi’s searing imagery and high lyrics are bound to take readers’ breath in equal measure. - Publisher's Weekly
PictureTishani Doshi performs Girls are Coming out of the Woods. photo: Carlo Pizzati

'POEMS THAT ARE A DARE, A WARNING,
A CELEBRATION, ALL AT ONCE.' - THE HINDU

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 GIRL IN A BOX
PORTRAITS BY RICCARDO CAVALLARI