The poems in this chapbook form an individual sequence. At the same time, they present a new and longer section of an ongoing series. The Sea Quells responds to and continues Collecting Shells, which was published in 2011 with Oystercatcher Press and is included, in excerpt form, in the anthologies Sea Pie (Shearsman) and Dear World and Everyone In It (Bloodaxe).
Amy Evans' first chapbook, Collecting Shells, appeared in 2011 with Oystercatcher Press and features, in excerpted form, in the anthologies Sea Pie (Shearsman) and Dear World & Everyone In It (Bloodaxe). Her poetry, collages, editing and criticism appear in UK, US and Australian magazines. She is completing a PhD in twentieth-century American poetry at King's College London and has taught at several universities. She co-edited, with Shamoon Zamir, The Unruly Garden: Robert Duncan and Eric Mottram, Letters and Essays (Peter Lang, 2007).
