The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford poetryintranslation he wrote many different kinds

he wrote many different kinds of poems covering a wide range of themes

Stephen Mitchell and Alastair Reid

’ – Sherman Alexie

combining an artisanal virtuosity with passion

The Way the Water Held Me by Catherine Redford poetryintranslation he wrote many different kindsShortlisted for The Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection 2026 While newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redford's wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine