One Language By Anastasia Taylor-Lind Jo Brandon Big Men Falling a Long

Big Men Falling a Long Way

Collected Pamphlets showcases why JH Prynne called Kent's poetry 'unicorn flavoured

‘The English Strain’ of the sonnet tradition meets the dogging sites of post-Brexit Britain

In his first collection for grown-ups since Don't Mention the Children (2015)

One Language By Anastasia Taylor-Lind Jo Brandon Big Men Falling a LongOne Language is a remarkable debut collection. From the perspective of a female photojournalist, these concise but complex and insightful poems draw on first hand experience of war to explore how damage is generated and perpetuated. The books title expresses the contradiction between the lingua franca of photography and the equally universal language of violence. One Language comes to an understanding of personal history and global conflict in poetry