Wow, absolutely honoured to be among the finalists for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry – especially as I’m alongside my fellow Chatto poet Mona Arshi and Stav Poleg who I met at a fabulous week at Arvon with Michael Schmidt and Sascha Dugdale. Good luck to all the finalists and a huge ‘thank you’Continue reading “The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, finalists”
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The Planets Aligning
I was honoured and moved by the words about Minx by Joelle Taylor when I read them on the books fly cover. ‘Minx is a splinter of a book, something that interrupts the body. It’s a beautiful violence, each page a shock of poetry that renders an underclass family vivid. Rich, delicate, and brutal. MinxContinue reading “The Planets Aligning”
