Witted and Whispered

"Rich with old world allusion while taut with the slangy mouth of a turn of the century baby, Maitland straddles the informational confusion of the 21st century and eyes her burgeoning womanhood through an architecture reminiscent of the high Alps sanatorium of the belle époque. Performer by the gender-fluid seaside of her town her poems are Ethereal, otherworldly, astute and erudite. Page dreams herself alive, a firm eye watching love from the sidelines." Kerri Shying A beguiling first collection, in which the poet's witty decoys contain the hint of a more confessional whisper. Keri Glastonbury "Simultaneously post-modern and classical, mythological and magical, Witted and Whispered, is a rich, lyrical feast. With a Joycean love of linguistic play, a deep literary referentiality, and a rich musicality that comes through in every poem, Page Maitland has created a collection that is mind-opening and joyous." Magdalena Ball