Across the Selected Poems we have a sense of a mind moving through time – one which has a curious power over it…What’s remarkable is how sustained her skill is, how consistent her fascinations. Flynn was a force to marvel at 20 years ago, and has continued to astonish us since.
Natalie Perman The Telegraph 26 April 2026
Tender, rebarbative, wittily frayed, she is “raw-gilled/and live” and hers is poetry “out of step with our capacities” and all the better for it.
Declan Ryan Irish Times Sun 3 May 2026
…it’s a shock to remember that Flynn has been publishing for more than 20 years, so fresh do her poems remain. This assembly is a glorious reintroduction to her mordant wit, imaginative image-making and unerring ability to puncture pretension… There are pleasures on every page.
Rishi Dastidar, The Guardian, Fri 5 June 2026
