These are the Things we Have Lost by Janice Warman Ilya Kaminsky comparing a romantic affair to

comparing a romantic affair to the religious cult at Jonestown and a mother’s role to a Congolese power figure bristling with nails

direct voice make this innovative and entertaining summer reading

for the first time in almost fifty years

The poems keep each other company in this highly original compilation

and concluding volume

These are the Things we Have Lost by Janice Warman Ilya Kaminsky comparing a romantic affair toIn her debut poetry collection, These Are the Things We Have Lost, Janice Warman chronicles a journey from her South African childhood to the landscapes of motherhood with unflinching honesty. From pregnancy 'high on hormones and Pellegrino', to themes of love, loss and longing, these poems capture intimate moments of tenderness and rupture. With a journalists precision and a poets sensitivity, Warman's voice moves between continents and decades. A