The Ethics of Cats by Alice Kinsella Yousif M. Qasmiyeh ” Smith writes

” Smith writes

an illumination arrives and 'there is nothing that cannot be seen'

one an elegy for his father

to reveal a queer consciousness deeply steeped in poetic traditions of nuanced confession and moving abstraction

The Ethics of Cats by Alice Kinsella Yousif M. Qasmiyeh ” Smith writesThe Ethics of Cats is a collection about the past, the personal, the dystopian. The poet intertwines Ireland's colonial history with an examination of how the crises of mental health and housing affect those in domestic spaces. A house can be a home, a threat. As the climate emergency unfolds, what does it mean to have a home, a cat by the fire, dead birds in the porch? It is a book about power, empathy, and survival. Alice Kinsella is an Arts Council