EKHO Spawn *WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE

*WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2018* *A Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry 2017* *A Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2018* ‘[Smith’s] poems are enriched to the point of volatility

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and isolation also speaks to contemporary issues of social justice and acceptance

EKHO Spawn *WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZEFrom Ekho, the nymph of Greek mythology whose voice was stolen by the gods, through to the advent of the Amazon Echo smart speaker, the echo has been described as a condition of voicelessness, unfulfilled desire, loss and entrapment. These poems reconsider echoing as a poetic practice and as an orienting device that tunes the world into itself. Ekho is a book that combines Ancient Greek mythology with big tech to produce a philosophical, political and