Dad Vs. Dad by Helen Mort dedalus press this expansive debut offers a

this expansive debut offers a unique perspective on family

and love in ways that rebuke the official record we call history

Othello here represents a structure of feeling that was emerging in seventeenth-century Venice

becoming the highest-selling book of poetry in the 21st century and propelling Rupi Kaur into the stratosphere as the voice of a generation

Time foreshortens prospects

Dad Vs. Dad by Helen Mort dedalus press this expansive debut offers aIn November 2021, Helen Morts father had two life altering strokes. Dad vs. Dad is an account of the aftermath of those strokes. In this hardback multi media pamphlet length collection, Helen Mort combines lyric poetry with visual text pieces involving erasure poetry made from working with one of her father's favourite chess books. The effects of a stroke and stroke recovery are documented through the language of strategy and struggle.