"What strikes me about these poems is their willingness to inhabit anger. The title The Bell Tower refers, say the notes, to the poet's 'space of my own with a great view from which to shout across the landscape.' (An echo of Plath's The Bell Jar is lurking - though instead of entrapment, the bell tower represents empowerment). Pamela Crowe names her subject in the opening poem, subtitled 'I (or anger)'. Here, she muses on how her neighbour 'probably would not want me/ with three kids and an anger problem'. This naming invites the anger into the frame, and signals to the reader that the speaker, while angry, is in control. From here, I felt able to enjoy and relate to that rage: from a poem titled 'Cloudcunt' to her use of expletives throughout." - Georgia Gildea