The Significance of a Dress

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Arachne Press

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491_9781909208834

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The Significance of a DressRefugee camp northern IraqEven if home is makeshift and her carriage is a borrowedpair of shoes that dance over gravel baked in the desert heat,a bride still wants to feel special, at least for one day.No one can afford to buy when twenty neighbours sharea latrine and there’s a constant vigil against disease.Tulin, named after a daughter, offers gown hire, make-upand hairstyling that will withstand humid evenings.‘I don’t ask how old they are,’ says the beautician. A muraloutside shows a girl in a white gown holding a teddy bear.The future is tomorrow. Next year is a question.A wedding is a party, a welcome, a sign of hope.The dresses sparkle with sun-reflected diamantébut the gravel paths of the camp leave the hems stained.Nothing is unimportant in The Significance of A Dress, where next year is not the future but a question. Each refugee, suffragette or shushed voice and narrative encompassed by the poems is personal and individual, yet simultaneously universal in its reach and significance. In ‘Dismantling The Jungle’, flames form “an echo of a former life”. This vivid collection is full of such flames and echoes. Whether it’s “Each dress hangs from a noose” (‘Bridal Dresses in Beirut’) or “Everything Abdel sees is smeared, despite his glasses” (Stories from The Jungle), Emma Lee’s focus is precise, poised and packs emotional punch. Her evocative imagery is reinforced by taut lines, striking juxtapositions and intimate, moving details. The Significance of A Dress is a beautiful, powerful and haunting collection.S A LeaveseyFrom the title page of The Significance of a Dress, Emma Lee cleverly fashions a feminist metaphor for #MeToo into uncompromising forms. These include the terrible symbol of bridal dresses hung from nooses in Beirut, signifying rapists absolved of their crimes through marrying their victims, a figu

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