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Cross-talk

Campbell’s third collection of poems addresses questions of borders, identity, and responsibility. These lyrics seek language to relay the tension between the reality of violence and the impulse toward beauty. Containing award-winning poems (National, Troubadour and Templar International Competitions), Cross-Talk was widely reviewed with PBS Bulletin saying, ‘Her writing has a strong sense of music and a deft, unerring balance…Campbell’s mordant wit and the sometimes savage honesty of her language coruscate off the page.’ and PNReview noting ‘For good reason, this is a hard book to read, as Campbell unsparingly explores the blood and pain of Ireland’s rawly fresh history.’