Acknowledgements are due to the editors of the following publications:
London Review of Books, New Statesman, Poetry Review, The Times Literary Supplement
‘Tommy McGhee, Corby Works, 1981’ was first published in Jubilee Lines, 60 Poets for 60 Years, edited by Carol Ann Duffy and published by Faber and Faber.
I would very much like to acknowledge the support of the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin for offering me the time and quiet to work on this book.