Talk of the Town by Jacob Polley Jennifer Lee Tsai and in order to begin

and in order to begin his search Chris must face down his own dread

The poet’s failure to write “a real love poem” and a childhood memory of near-accidental loss of eyesight are both

not one particular language

The book concludes with a brand new long poem

Philip Gross

Talk of the Town by Jacob Polley Jennifer Lee Tsai and in order to begin986, the last day of the summer holidays, and Christopher Hearsey is wondering why his best mate Arthur has suddenly disappeared, and whether lippy Gill Ross a few doors down might know anything about it. The border city of Carlisle is buzzing with rumours following an act of terrible violence, and in order to begin his search Chris must face down his own dread, not only of the consequences of his own actions, but of local big man Booby Grove, and his