Born into a farming family in the eastern Tibetan province of Kham, the author fled with his older brother following the Chinese invasion in 1959. He has spent many years in the UK and the U... read more
RR has won or been shortlisted for every prize going... 'The world of poetry is small and currently polarised: it's often either simplistic or incomprehensible. I find myself in the middle, ... read more
Explores what happens to places where people no longer live: Chernobyl, swathes of Detroit, Caribbean volcanoes, Scottish mining regions - redemptive, reflective.
Two Scots lads have a lovely weekend in Manchester in 1986. 30 years later, a phone rings: as they remember the euphoria of their youth, the costs of life are revealed.