Isabelle Baafi is a poet, editor and critic. Her pamphlet Ripe (ignitionpress) won the Somerset Maugham Award and was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice. Her poetry and prose have been published in the Times Literary Supplement, The Poetry Review, The London Magazine, Oxford Poetry and elsewhere. Her debut collection, Chaotic Good (Faber & Faber), is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and the winner of the Forward Jerwood Prize for Best First Collection 2025. Author photo © Jolade Olusanya
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