Hôtel Amour Arlene Zide As time passes by

As time passes by

closet heretic and host of the annual conference of hermits

‘Smyth’s writing is as lushly beautiful as the landscape she describes’ THE TIMES

the thrum of the sewing-machine at the end-days of the rag trade

Hôtel Amour Arlene Zide As time passes byA sequel to her T. S. Eliot Prize shortlisted collection Erato, Deryn Rees Jones remarkable new book length poem begins with a woman checking into a hotel in the heart of Paris. Here is a diary of the present day city that doubles as a reckoning with the past, including memories of the pandemic and a love affair. Htel Amours fierce and formidable interrogation of why lyric poetry matters is the work of a poet at the height of her powers.