Binary Myths 2

Poetics. Correspondence. This book poses a list of questions related to the current state of British poetry in publication to the following poet-editors: Gillian Allnutt, Neil Astley, Tilla Brading, Richard Caddel, Ken Edwards, Peter Finch, Janet Fisher, Linda France, John Kinsella, Rupert Loydell, David Morley, Maggie O'Sullivan, Don Paterson and Dern Rees-Jones. They respond to problems of the abundance of poetry, a specialized readership, and a shifting landscape of electronic publishing: What are the motivations of publishing houses and poetry editors? How do they select work? How do they select work? What do they choose to leave out, and why? Why, they ask, do we need more poetry books?