'...a gossipy irresistible send-up of the Old Testament' - Vogue
'Michelene Wandor demonstrates her tremendous versatility as a writer. Strong on dialogue, the conversations between Eve, Lilith and God are compelling, witty and wise' - Poetry Quarterly Review
Lilith to Eve
I merely said 'no'.
That's when he gave me
his attention
for the first time
Fire and Ice: the world turned upside down (extract)
One
Today the world is turned upside down
today autumn creeps between stone and leaf
today I am haunted by a memory
a memory of carnival
a memory of May creeping between leaf and stone
into October
I remember Bacchus, the God of wine, riding through the city
on a cart drawn by white panthers
I remember a wedding with a bear as the groom
a fish buried with full military honours
a horse galloping backwards
I remember cities in the sky
the sun and moon turning cartwheels in the piazza
I remember the world turned upside down
I remember carnival
Michelene Wandor is a playwright, musician, broadcaster and critic.
'Michelene Wandor demonstrates her tremendous versatility as a writer. Strong on dialogue, the conversations between Eve, Lilith and God are compelling, witty and wise' - Poetry Quarterly Review
Lilith to Eve
I merely said 'no'.
That's when he gave me
his attention
for the first time
Fire and Ice: the world turned upside down (extract)
One
Today the world is turned upside down
today autumn creeps between stone and leaf
today I am haunted by a memory
a memory of carnival
a memory of May creeping between leaf and stone
into October
I remember Bacchus, the God of wine, riding through the city
on a cart drawn by white panthers
I remember a wedding with a bear as the groom
a fish buried with full military honours
a horse galloping backwards
I remember cities in the sky
the sun and moon turning cartwheels in the piazza
I remember the world turned upside down
I remember carnival
Michelene Wandor is a playwright, musician, broadcaster and critic.