With Love, Grief and Fury

Incredible . . . [Salena is] more glorious than ever, and this book again proves that she's a poet of the page as well as one who can command a stage . . . dashingly clever and full of wit, speaks from the heart and acts from there, too * * Buzz Mag * *
Heartfelt and surreal, uncompromising and tender, Godden holds the poem in the palm of her hand like a hummingbird -- JOELLE TAYLOR
Sheer brilliance, every verse a revelation! This book belongs amongst the classics, and Godden herself is one of the greatest living British poets -- NIKITA GILL
Godden's verses are firing on all cylinders and display how she is a master at arriving at universal emotional truths. Revelatory and heart stopping -- MONA ARSHI
Like a heart turned inside out . . . joyous and utterly revelatory -- EVIE WYLD
In these poems Salena reveals, with exquisite craft and tenderness, the sacred and profound -- HEIDI JAMES-DUNBAR
Read these poems then listen to Salena read these poems then go and watch Salena read these poems. She is a master of every incarnation this art form may take and I am constantly in awe of her. This collection brings so much joy and makes me determined to live more, lust more and love more -- HOLLIE MCNISH
One of the most fearless and beloved voices in contemporary literature; a writer across genres and a master of performance who brings sparks of energy to the stage in ways that are powerful and tender. Her heart beats loudly for the community. It's as though she has spun the world on its axis with this collection, noting the areas of anguish, the climate, people power and grief. With Love, Grief and Fury urges us, irrespective of race, class or gender to stay awake to the world, its beauty, its pain, its anger, and its resilience. Poems for the unheard that hold truth to power. They do not shy away from anguish or injustice, but within them there is love, wit, and the stubborn pulse of joy. To write and perform with such honesty is an act of bravery. To tell truths that may unsettle is to take on the sacrifice of activism, the knowledge that not every ear will welcome what must be said. Salena's poems are for all of us. They are an invitation to remember that whatever divides us, our humanity must never be forgotten * * Poetry Book Society * *
This is a book I will return to over and over and over again, a book everyone should have on their shelf. Salena's poems are all at once intimate and tender, vast and powerful, compelling, funny, delightful, precise, and always always bursting with life -- CECILIA KNAPP
This book is so hopeful, so full of life -- BABS GONS