Colonial Countryside 2016 August Kleinzahler describes Cullen’s poetry:

August Kleinzahler describes Cullen’s poetry: “If there’s a musical analogue for this poetry it’s the swoosh and sizzle of wire brushes swept across the frum head or the Chinese cymbal

the off-the-wall images and no-holds-barred straight talk

and head and tail bands

this is an unflinching and forensic exploration of a life lived through language

the world around us and ourselves

Colonial Countryside 2016 August Kleinzahler describes Cullen’s poetry:Colonial Countryside is a book of commissioned poems and short stories produced by ten global majority writers featuring National Trust houses with significant colonial histories. This includes properties whose owners engaged in the slavery business, in colonial administration or who were involved with the East India Company or British rule in India. Historians have accompanied these pieces with commentaries detailing the evidence upon which each