Life ClassJo Reeds second collection offers readers more of her trademark mix of memory, myth and magic; a window to a unique world where the unvarnished reality of OAP shopping trips (Finding the deepest trolleys, we fill our day) sits alongside breath taking flights of imagination (a turtle sings, fathoms deep, a boy held safe upon her back.) The magic of Life Class is found in the single consciousness that connects the poems; be they set in the world of

Eileen Jones (editor) lives in Tynedale

noted by reviewers for their originality

reimagining the city as mountainous terrain and exploring what it’s like to move through the urban landscape

When Inspector Vivier and his handsome assistant Sabine Pelat begin their investigation all these take on a new significance

and grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

Jeff Nosbaum

have been edited by his literary executor

choral works and poetry

a social critique as lithe and imaginative as that of the con-merchants who run the show… A satire which eschews moderation and openly admits its own savagery can only succeed

Víctor Jara (1932-73) was a legendary Chilean singer

A working-class boy brought up in a broken home on a council estate

or even the shared identities of cannibal and Eucharistic consumption