Poetic Obituaries: [Mick Imlah] had been in charge of Chatto

and Windus's poetry list before taking up the post of poetry editor at the Times Literary Supplement in 1993, and through all that time little of his own work appeared. His earlier poems commanded respect, showing both ingenuity and a sometimes lurid imagination, but little could prepare readers for his last, most substantial book, which appeared shortly after he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

The collection is at once brilliant and unfashionable.

from Telegraph: Mick Imlah

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