Pictures of Disturbance as a cake, from its book launch (part of First Thursdays, a poetry and fiction reading series organised by Seren Books).
Disturbance
Mark William Jackson reviews Disturbance
“Brilliant. Ivy weaves many voices into a fine fabric of Lynchian dystopia; the surface — a nuclear, upper middle class family — hides the bruises and broken bones. The poems are (true to the Lynch ethos) in a non-linear narrative which, given the prescience, assists the reader to dive deeper in the sad minds of the victims and the mostrosity that is the father / husband.
“Each poem is standalone brilliant; collected they take you on a dark journey that will leave you wide-eyed and breathless, like hiding from a killer in a closet.” — Mark William Jackson
Reader photo of Disturbance
It has been a rare privilege to watch Disturbance go from final draft to printed book over the last year or so, as part of a closed Facebook group organised by Ivy Alvarez.
Launch: Disturbance at the Dylan Thomas Centre
Ivy Alvarez reads her poem ‘Husband Interrupted’ from Disturbance, at its book launch, as part of the Dylan Thomas Festival in Swansea.
Will Ford reviews Disturbance
Within this ‘verse novel’, Alvarez shows admirable artistic control and a remarkable capacity for empathy. She has crafted a range of voices that, even in the briefest of appearances, reveal another facet of the wider narrative and another example of just how far the hurtful consequences of terrible acts can travel. —Will Ford
Read the rest of the article on New Welsh Review.