Except the Americans

As I said recently, I have been moving. Not away, not abroad. But here, within the space that already exists, … More

Finding Sharon Olds’s The Matter of This World

The Collection The Matter of This World: New and Selected Poems (Slow Dancer, 1987) I found The Matter of … More

I am taking a break from writing brand new blog posts over the summer. Instead of posting new work I … More

It Is Summer for Months Clothes are skimpy and tans are got without flight bags. We saunter beside a … More

As I say in my full length review of Jo Shapcott’s Of Mutability, really good books about cancer are rare. Really … More

The first thing I do when a new copy of The North, Rialto or Smiths Knoll lands on the doormat … More

To My Cancer When you left me I did not say goodbye. I kissed you then carried you outside. You … More