Maria Taylor's first collection, titled Melanchrini, is now available on the Nine Arches Press website. You can read an extract and purchase a copy here.
I first met Maria last year when we read together at a Nine Arches Shindig in Leicester, and I very much enjoyed listening to her work. Bearing in mind my own interest in identity and belonging as channelled throughout nationality and upbringing, I was especially drawn to the way she wove together her Greek-Cypriot background and U.K. based life. Melanchini will definitely be on my summer reading list!
The short answer being her brother Osiris, of course, both being the
children of Seb (earth) and Nut (sky). Another brother, Set, killed Osiris
and hacked ...
Thanks, Matthew. I hope you enjoy reading the book!
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