Katie Griffiths’ debut poetry collection, The
Attitudes is a search for trust and faith – in
the body, in the mind, in all those things we seek to hold on to but cannot. Here,
we intimately encounter mortality and tread the balance between visceral wisdom
and the intellect, between fragile, fallible bodies, and the mind’s hold over
them, between the bright spaces and the haunted ones.
In poems that are bold, effervescent,
frequently playful, Griffiths approaches serious subjects - eating disorders,
ageing, grieving - with a precise and inventive lyricism. The Attitudes
compiles multitudes, with layer upon layer of counterpoints, juxtaposing and
exploring the unresolvable, all the while seeking to move towards a place of deeper
reflection and stillness away from the noise and distraction of the daily
business of being alive. An astute and accomplished book which transforms