New Swedish Books, Spring 2018 1
New Swedish Books 38 ARMARNA Hanna Rajs Lundström
(b. 1991) Arms Publisher 10tal bok www.10tal.se Rights 10tal bok m.grive@10tal.se Selected Works Om jag dör ung poems 2015 Cristina poems 2014 Fler Positioner poems 2014 HANNA RA JS LUNDSTRÖM LYRIK Arms One of the loveliest things poetry can do is to reclaim words that have staled and become clichéd. In her gritty, colloquial lyric poetry, Hanna Rajs Lundström speaks about her blood and her heart with winning nonchalance, as though no poet had done so before. From the heart come the arms, she confirms, arms that embrace, release and accept. She views her own body as the continuation of a family history full of war and struggle, but also as a private battleground. Drug abuse is a war she has to fight, her fears are another. What to make of everything you’ve inherited? Arms is a suite of poems about understanding where you’ve come from, where you’re headed and who you want with you on the way there. Photo: Isis Mühleisen