Life Class Lulu Norman her body stiff like one

her body stiff like one about to fall

Youssef Bazzi

“This is an electric light

The writings and images of those caught up in conflict or reflecting on its experience are embedded in our national consciousness

Life Class Lulu Norman her body stiff like oneJo Reeds second collection offers readers more of her trademark mix of memory, myth and magic; a window to a unique world where the unvarnished reality of OAP shopping trips (Finding the deepest trolleys, we fill our day) sits alongside breath taking flights of imagination (a turtle sings, fathoms deep, a boy held safe upon her back.) The magic of Life Class is found in the single consciousness that connects the poems; be they set in the world of