"Published in association with the British Council and Arts Council England"--Title page verso.
Contents:
That which was /Glenn Patterson. The gun ; The borrowed dog ; Gorilla / Vicki Feaver. Talking about love: three monologues / Nick Barlay. The great hargeisa goat bubble / Julian Gough. Seeing red ; Celtic ; Man and boy / Patience Agbabi. Where do we live? / Ian Sansom. 'Come back, we'll do some calculus' / Diran Adebayo. The square / AdeĢle Geras. Room 226 / Hilda Bernstein. Milk / Gerard Woodward. Ludus coventriae ; Patrin / David Morley. The distance between us / Maggie O'Farrell. Epic slinky / Sophie Woolley. The wait ; Tidal ; Wildlife / Alan Jenkins. Only / Alex Clark. According to Mwangi / Binyavanga Wainaina. Give him my love. Madame Sasoo goes bathing ; Chickens in Chinatown / Tim Liardet. C.L.R. James / Gideon Haigh. The stone skimmer ; River psalm ; Time poem / Alice Oswald. A man of soul / Rajeev Balasubramanyam. Letters / Barbara Trapido. Hunger / Jane Stevenson. 19 Victoria Street, Shrewsbury ; Jump rope / Fred D'Aguiar. As far as you can go / Lesley Glaister. In a mist / Bill Broady. Weekens ; Christmas in London / Tamar Yoseloff. The archway altarpiece ; A game of pool ; Underground / Wayne Burrows. Waving at trains / Matthew Davey. Look at you / Amanda Smyth. Harmattan / Helon Habila. Hair / Matthew Sweeney. Visiting time / Emma Brockes. Wordperfect / Nicolette Hardee. The film director explains his concept ; Faking it / Sasha Dugdale. Flat earth / Jill Dawson. The last dodo / Royston Swarbrooke. Good Tv / Patrick Neate. The foot tunnel / Sarah Maguire. Minimal / Maria McCann. 'One-ah, two-ah' / Sukhdev Sandhu.
Summary:
This volume brings together some of our most formidable talent, placing new names alongside more established ones, and offers contributions ranging from poetry to essays, from short stories to previews of novels in progress.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.