Cirrus@Austlit

'Rosanna E. Licari’s new poetry collection, Earlier, explores the theme of origins and the experience of creation in this sensitively wrought evocation of the human and non-human world. While drawing on references to science and history to invoke palaeolithic perspectives, Earlier is about more than the evolutions of existence. It is also a deeply personal account of intimate memories: childhood mysteries, family losses, creature encounters, giving birth, and the strife of climate change. These are linked by subtle reflections on writing and the breaths taken between thought, hand and page in the making of a poem.' (Introduction)