Loop of Jade

Loop of Jade is Sarah Howe’s acclaimed debut poetry collection, winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Blending her Chinese and British heritage, Howe explores themes of identity, migration, memory, and mother—daughter relationships through vivid, lyrical, and often dreamlike poems. The collection moves between Hong Kong and Britain, weaving personal history with myth, philosophy, and sharp emotional insight. A celebrated and influential modern poetry debut, sought after by collectors of prize-winning contemporary literature.