Hannah Sullivan - Three Poems

Sep 28, 2026

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Hannah Sullivan’s debut collection presents three long poems characterized by fresh ambition, intensity, and substantive emotional depth. “You, Very Young in New York” portrays a great American city with alluring detail, tracing romantic possibility, disappointment, and the stubbornness of innocence. “Repeat until Time” moves from New York to California, unfolding repetition as both personal and philosophical reflection on returning home. “The Sandpit after Rain” examines the birth of a child and the loss of a father with exacting clarity.

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Poetry

YOU, VERY YOUNG IN NEW YORK

REPEAT UNTIL TIME

THE SANDPIT AFTER RAIN

HannahSulVanThreeP○emS821SUL # Poetry Hannah Sullivan's debut collection is arevelation-three long poems of freshambition,intensity and substance.Thougheach poem stands apart,their inventive andlooping encounters make for a compellingunity.'You,Very Young in New York'captures a great American city,in all itsalluring detail.It is a wry and tender study ofromantic possibility,disappointment,and theobduracy of innocence.'Repeat until Time'begins with a move to California and unfoldsinto an essay on repetition and returning home,at once personal and philosophical.TheSandpit after Rain'explores the birth of a childand the loss of a father with exacting clarity.In Three Poems,readers will experienceSullivan's work with the same exhilarationas they might the great modernising poemsof Eliot and Pound,but with the uniqueperspective of a brilliant,new female voice.UK£10.99US $14.00 THREE POEMS Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/threepoems0000sull # HANNAH SULLIVANThree Poems First published in 2018by Faber &Faber LtdBloomsbury House74-77 Great Russell StreetLondon WCIB 3DA Typeset by Hamish Ironside Printed in England by Martins the Printers,Berwick-upon-Tweed All rights reserved ◎Hannah Sullivan zo18 The right of Hannah Sullivan to be identified as author of this work hasbeen asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright,Designsand Patents Act 1988 This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way oftrade or otherwise,be lent,resold,bired out or otherwise circulatedwithout the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or coverother than that in which it is published and without a similiar conditionincluding this condition being imposed on thesubsequent purchaser. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-57I-33767-5 Contents YOU,VERY YOUNG IN NEW YORK I REPEAT UNTIL TIME I5 THE SANDPIT AFTER RAIN 45 YOU,VERY YOUNG IN NEW YORK

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What does the collection “Three Poems” include?

The collection includes three long poems: “You, Very Young in New York,” “Repeat until Time,” and “The Sandpit after Rain.”

What themes does “Repeat until Time” focus on?

It begins with a move to California and develops repetition and returning home through both personal and philosophical reflection.

What subjects does “The Sandpit after Rain” explore?

It explores the birth of a child and the loss of a father with exacting clarity.

Sep 28, 2026

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