The Enemies of Art1960s China, and society is commanded to rebel against tradition. Amid the political turmoil, three young artists look out from their attic salon onto the streets of the northern port city of Tianjin. When economic reforms turn society on its head, they are given licence to indulge their artistic passions. Deluged by the increasingly materialistic masses, they paint themselves onto separate paths as they lose track of once sacred certainties. In this

rats and wolves

and the charms of late love

erosion or neglect

Deryn Rees-Jones’ remarkable new book-length poem begins with a woman checking into a hotel in the heart of Paris

never more so than during the German occupation

A sonorous celebration of language and place

It is an extraordinary achievement and a must-read book for 2011

Máirtí Ó Direáin

but more often it is a subtle

Stephan Collishaw – author of Amber

nightmarish yet eeriely beautiful – has steadfastly defied any coherent critical analysis

Tribute to Mohammad al-Maghut (1934-2006)