• This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind.
  
• The main narrative follows the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems dealing with the loneliness of immigration and the anxiety of separation from Northern Ireland, the poet's homeland.
  
• These personal poems enter their stories through a variety of characters and places, from dock builders to dogs, from shorelines to volcanoes.
  
• Sections of the collection examine a post-Troubles' experience in Northern Ireland―evoking the conflict of growing up with bombs and domineering Catholicism―tell grandfather stories, and show a lasting love for the people, the language, and the land.
  
• Bradley was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. His poetry in this volume speaks about holding on to who you are and moving forward: changed, but intact.
  
• Separation Anxiety ultimately conveys a message of hope, reminding us that "we'll be remembered for / ourselves, and not the spaces we / leave behind."
  

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