Journeys Across Breath: Poems 1975 - 2005 by Steven Watts Lucy Hamilton The title of his eleventh

The title of his eleventh collection

Esther Morgan

It explores the meaning of movement in oppressive ideological structures and serves to vindicate the rebellious acts of black women past

The majority of the poems in this volume were translated in two workshops

the poems draw on a sense of our ‘co-ordinates’ – something like the eastings and northings that give a map-reference – how you might triangulate a life

Journeys Across Breath: Poems 1975 - 2005 by Steven Watts Lucy Hamilton The title of his eleventhJourneys Across Breath collects poems from the extraordinary career of one of the UKs most significant poets, Stephen Watts. Gathering all of Watts published works between 1975 and 2005 as well as a number of unpublished pieces appearing here for the very first time this collection is an astonishing journey through the life and eyes of a remarkable writer of people and place. This long awaited volume presents the breadth of Watts writing, from early