The Tree Is Missing (Paperback)

Shannon Kuta Kelly

ISBN 10: 0571395570 / ISBN 13: 9780571395576

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2026

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Paperback. A powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement.In one story I stay in that city forever,in one I board, and in another I am still waiting.I am daybreak; I am everywhere.In The Tree Is Missing, Shannon Kuta Kelly explores the poetics of the border. The collection crosses through non-places, moving between the unnamed and unmapped spaces on the edges of the European city. With remarkable poise and restraint, these itinerant poems experiment with oral history and translation, traversing the borderlines of nation, language and time. They draw on folklore to evoke a world that feels current and present, but which can only be reached through storytelling. In doing so, Kuta Kelly explores the loss and displacement - the fracture of identity - necessitated by personal and political turmoil. She writes with a restless immediacy from within the histories that continue to shape us. A powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement.In one story I stay in that city forever,in one I board, and in another I am still waiting.I am daybreak; In doing so, Kuta Kelly explores the loss and displacement - the fracture of identity - necessitated by personal and political turmoil. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tree Is Missing (Paperback)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571395570
• ISBN 13: 9780571395576
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement.

In one story I stay in that city forever,
in one I board, and in another I am still waiting.

I am daybreak; I am everywhere.

In The Tree Is Missing, Shannon Kuta Kelly explores the poetics of the border. The collection crosses through non-places, moving between the unnamed and unmapped spaces on the edges of the European city. With remarkable poise and restraint, these itinerant poems experiment with oral history and translation, traversing the borderlines of nation, language and time. They draw on folklore to evoke a world that feels current and present, but which can only be reached through storytelling. In doing so, Kuta Kelly explores the loss and displacement - the fracture of identity - necessitated by personal and political turmoil. She writes with a restless immediacy from within the histories that continue to shape us.

About the Author

Shannon Kuta Kelly lives in Belfast, where she is a fellow at the Seamus Heaney Centre. Her writing has appeared in such publications as the New England Review, Poetry Ireland Review and the Irish Times.