PRAISE FOR BURNT UMBER In this expansive and exciting collection
Hetherington moves with power and grace through an impressive range of
form and content. The poems burst with tense and detailed images, shot
through with meditations on grief, absence, and hope. The work in Burnt
Umber is always controlled, and full of colour. Here is a poet at the
height of his powers singing what it means to be alive. - Professor
Nigel McLoughlin, University of Gloucestershire Somehow this collection
landed seamlessly, each section, each page, each poem aligned perfectly.
Burnt Umber is a collection of precision and clarity and handstitched
joy. - Professor Andrew Melrose, Winchester University [Subject:
Poetry, Australian Studies]