
In September, Shearsman Books published According to John James edited by Kelvin Corcoran. The project was organised in memory of John James who died in May 2018. I was one of a number of poets who answered a call for responses to 2 quatrains in James’s ‘Theory of Poetry’. Among others who contributed are Lyndon Davies, Andrew Duncan, John Hall, Alan Halsey, Peter Hughes, Romana Huk, Linda Kemp, Tony Lopez, Simon Perril, J.H. Prynne, Denise Riley, Peter Riley, Gavin Selerie, Karlien van den Beukel, Robert Vas Dias, Geoff Ward, and John Wilkinson. A painting by Bruce McLean is reproduced on the cover. Published September 2018. Chapbook, 36pp, 8.5 x 5.5ins, £6.50 / $9.95ISBN 9781848616301