"In this expansive and excitingcollection Hetherington moves with power and grace through an impressiverange of form and content. The poems burst with tense anddetailed images shot through with meditations on grief absence and hope. The work in Burnt Umber is always controlled and fullof colour. Here is a poet at the height of his powers singing what it meansto be alive." - Professor Nigel McLoughlin, University of Gloucestershire

"Somehow this collectionlanded seamlessly each section each page each poem aligned perfectly. Burnt Umber is a collection of precision and clarity and handstitchedjoy." - Professor Andrew Melrose, Winchester University