'The 2023 Liquid Amber Poetry Prize invited poets to respond to the broad topic of 'home', which it turns out, can occupy a very rich yet often complex place within human experience. Poetry is, as ever, a powerful medium to reflect and communicate that complexity. In the variety and skillfulness of their poetic craft, the poets in this Long List anthology have provided readers with poignant and insightful reflections on how we might all understand the idea of home - a place that can hold us or become our undoing - as a vital human 'centre of gravity' to be acknowledged and grappled with, whether we inhabit it or not.' (Publication summary)
'Thank you to Liquid Amber Press for the invitation to launch this anthology – and to the editors Rose Lucas, Anne M. Carson and Reneé Pettitt-Schipp for such a wonderful job selecting the poems. It’s a long time since I’ve enjoyed reading an anthology so much and I’m still not sure if it is the thematic intrigue of writing about home that makes this book so appealing, or if this unique group of poets has come together so prismatically the place of home in our lives cannot be better illuminated. I’m rather sad that I won’t be able to mention each poet by name, or quote from their work, but please know that I value every single poem in this book. Congratulations everyone.' (Introduction)
'Thank you to Liquid Amber Press for the invitation to launch this anthology – and to the editors Rose Lucas, Anne M. Carson and Reneé Pettitt-Schipp for such a wonderful job selecting the poems. It’s a long time since I’ve enjoyed reading an anthology so much and I’m still not sure if it is the thematic intrigue of writing about home that makes this book so appealing, or if this unique group of poets has come together so prismatically the place of home in our lives cannot be better illuminated. I’m rather sad that I won’t be able to mention each poet by name, or quote from their work, but please know that I value every single poem in this book. Congratulations everyone.' (Introduction)
