Things to Say John Whitworth and novelist Halim Barakat introduced

and novelist Halim Barakat introduced by Bassam Frangieh

He was recently a Visiting Professor at York University

qualities of air

Ploughshares

Things to Say John Whitworth and novelist Halim Barakat introducedA modern poet who, something of a rarity, talks about class and politics as well as love and art, John Lucas craft has been developed over the past five decades. John Lucas ninth full collection of poetry begins with a long poem echoing Audens 'Letter to Lord Byron', and discusses love, art, politics, social class and the industrial midlands. He then moves on to wars, ancient and modern, concluding with Lucas alter ego, Thorn Gruin, moaning pitifully