‘Three Poems . . . travels light, illuminated yet never shackled by scholarship, and investigates the way life does – and does not – revise itself. She writes freshly about everything.’

‘An extraordinary book, and Sullivan can – it seems – do just about anything.’

‘The best first collection I’ve read for a long time: moving, technically adroit, clever in all the right ways, and full of brilliant small-scale effects as well as large achievements.’

‘[A] majestic debut . . . Sullivan’s authority, reach and ambition are exhilarating.’

‘Three Poems is a richly rewarding collection that shows all the confidence and skill of a poet writing in their prime: it is hard to believe this is a first book.’