A novel about the harrowing life of the great Russian poetess. She was involved with both Pasternak and Rilke; her daughter died in the Moscow famine; her husband was executed; and she herse... read more
Kennard's surreal prose poetry is unfailingly mystifying and electrifying. Here he riffs on Shakespeare's Sonnets, re-situating them at a house party (remember those?).
In the 1940s, a group of poets emerged known as the 'New Apocalyptics', among them Dylan Thomas and W.S. Graham. This collection brings them together again, and particularly champions the wo... read more