Haunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph letters often engaging with the concrete

often engaging with the concrete and small as a funnel for the larger ideas that govern us

earthbound lovers attempt to connect while their inner lives prove unbridgeable

The heart of this selection draws on Ascroft's three full collections published in New Zealand

with her tales of wild tigers

From the 'Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman' to a hymn to the seductive properties of the pie - by way of hand-grenade haikus

Haunting the Black Air by Anthony Joseph letters often engaging with the concreteFrom the T. S. Eliot Prize winning author of Sonnets for Albert comes a dextrous and versatile new collection spanning the emotional spectrum of unabashed joy and crippling grief. With musicality and verve, beloved poet and musician Anthony Joseph undertakes a bold new work, excavating the complex nature of feeling. Across London, Los Angeles, Trinidad and beyond, whether a funeral in New Cross or a house party in Mount Lambert, Joseph brings heart,