'the song soil sweat of it knowing nothing ofa binary bondage a bountiful mess of myself everything under the sun is changing all thetime all my skin soft lovers flocking to the river'
Olivia Douglass' new pamphlet takes us into the shape-shifting experiences of young selfhood, family and what it means to be between worlds. Douglass' poetry is like a strong shot of the good stuff, an irresistible introduction to this multi-talented artist.
'The poems of Unruly Blood are careful, dangerous, sparse; full. Each space held within it sings as much as its words do, its every phrase simmers first before spilling over with untold possibility.' Victoria Adukwei Bulley
'An artist of the body, in Unruly Blood, Douglass transmits physical sensation to the page with rapturous fluidity. Expressive of the joy and pain of every kind of love, their work sings with exciting originality.' Erica Wagner
'Olivia Douglass is a new, clear voice and these are deep, intriguing, dangerous poems.' Brian Eno

Olivia Douglass is a British-Nigerian writer, poet and
artist. A Barbican Young Poets Alumni, they self-published
the pamphlet Slow Tongue in 2018. Olivia was shortlisted
for the Rebecca Swift Foundation Women Poets’ Prize
2020, and was the winner of the Guardian and 4th Estate
4thWrite Prize 2022 with their short story Ink. Olivia
has an MSt in Creative Writing from the University of
Oxford, and writes across multiple genres and forms.