Ritual, 1969 Ghassan Jawad

Ritual, 1969 Ghassan JawadWhat are little girls made of? What will they become? Will they run away to the circus or become dressmakers, teachers or servants? From the playground to adulthood the path is beset with misunderstandings, missed dates and hidden traps for the unwary. This darkly gothic collection of stories explores the unsettling borderland between reality and the supernatural. Ranging from early twentieth century France to 1960s South Wales and contemporary

the other outgoing

and is prepared to give up everything he holds dear for his art

"She captures and subverts cliche for poetry's purpose

Brown and Farrar

‘The rewards of reading… Jonathan Wilson’s superb novel… are almost as equalled by the pleasure of recalling It

The words and music carry Northumbrian tradition forward to interrogate the present and the future

He moved permanently to England in 1929 and played in dance and jazz bands in clubs and theatres

the girls with the darkest eyes

but reminds the reader that although home may be vulnerable

These are the premises on which we edit and poets and translators from all over the world contribute to MPT

Claudia Rankine and George Szirtes

where "the espresso machine shrieks up / and up higher than the radio like / Ian Gillan on an old long-player"