Hiding to Nothing Anita Pati Robert MacFarlane Gallagher claims many Wests –

Gallagher claims many Wests – the Northwest of America

are given voice and presence in this compelling collection

birdsong over ruins

where a night stroll under the street lamps of Soho Square becomes a search for true lineage

Her poems about family

Hiding to Nothing Anita Pati Robert MacFarlane Gallagher claims many Wests –Anita Pati's debut collection, Hiding to Nothing, explores the destabilising effects of violence, particularly empire's aftermath, on a psyche. Threaded with internal dialogue, this multi layered work witnesses how unbelonging can unsettle perceptions of the brown female body within an unwelcoming, even hostile, environment. From 'exotic' dodos punished for not being doves to Greenface, on whom blonde girls birth natterjack toads, marginal presences