Very Authentic Person

Like Stevie Smith she writes children's rhymes for grown-ups

and she has written an afternoon play for Radio 4 called Poetry for Beginners

The first biography of JR Ralph Casimir (1898-1986)

child-speak

A father will instruct his daughter to the hills where their ancestors are buried

their bodies and behaviours

Just one shimmering pearl of wisdom from popstar and polymath James Maker

and is followed by an excerpt from the first English translation of Faris al-Shidyaq’s 1855 novel Leg over Leg – both texts being published in full later this year

Jon Silkin

Bringing the narrative right up to the present day with the discussions over its future use

'I'm your father & the only person keeping you alive

an Academy of American Poets prize