The Tree Is Missing by Shannon Kuta Kelly Simon Perrill of politics and identity and

of politics and identity and the absurdities of reality TV

interrogating faith as both an enemy and valve of catharsis

such as those offered by radical but sidelined figures in the English Civil War

Through laughter and love I'll be whole

The Tree Is Missing by Shannon Kuta Kelly Simon Perrill of politics and identity andA powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement. In one story, I stay in that city forever; in one I board, and in another I am still waiting. I am daybreak; I am everywhere. In The Tree Is Missing, Shannon Kuta Kelly explores the poetics of the border. The collection crosses through non places, moving between the unnamed and unmapped spaces on the edges of the European city. With remarkable poise and restraint, these itinerant