The Supposed Huntsman Ann Joyce Welsh-raised and Bristol-based

Welsh-raised and Bristol-based

Published November 2020

and at a time when Britain’s colonial ambitions were still at a peak

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The Supposed Huntsman Ann Joyce Welsh-raised and Bristol-basedIn her debut full length collection of poems, The Supposed Huntsman, Fowley creates spaces that blur the lines of gender, species, and self: Every animal is deadly even the shape shifter. Fowley uses incantatory anaphora to enact endless transformations, becoming by turns a motley, plume lit teacher creature and a bear longing, like a bro, for a maiden in a tree. Drawing inspiration from Brothers Grimm fairy tales and troubadour tradition, Fowleys