This little book gathers the things I love and cherish. It’s my most “personal” book yet, which is a way of saying that it is a book about the people I love (and want to love) and how I try (and often fail) to love them. Play, pleasure, silliness, grief, simplicity, and attentiveness guide my writing. The title ‘& glee and bless’ comes from a poem previously published for bath magg at the request of my friend Gboyega Odubanjo. I hope you love this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. 

petals

Petero Kalulé (petals) is a composer, poet and multi-instrumentalist living on the hidden river Effra in London. This is her third title with Guillemot Press, following Kalimba (2019 ) and the collaboration with Clarissa Alvarez Marsh-River-Raft-Feather (2021).

Cover and title art is by Ernie Maltby

ISBN 978-1-913749-58-3 / 76 pages / 175 x 120mm / printed on Arena with Colorplan end papers and casebound in Wibalin Natural fawn

Hardback Collection