The Blood Choir Kacimi James Howarth The Bleeding of

James Howarth The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni

Copenhagen: Arab-Danish Cultural Festival

through its cast of fascinating characters

into wild geese and wild ducks

The Blood Choir Kacimi James Howarth The Bleeding ofShortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2006 Tim Liardet's masterly new collection, The Blood Choir, will surprise readers with its dramatic subject matter: teaching poetry in prison. An acutely observed incident is recalled and given a multitude of perspectives, each perspective resounding with an emotional corollary sometimes fear, often sympathy. The vision is dark, but not without humour. There is a playful inventiveness and an adroit irony, often