New Wine in Old Bottles

"The language of smoke, the language of blood, the language of languishing love"

A brief reminder of my upcoming reading, now under only two weeks away, seemed appropriate for the L.A.-bound and L.A. bound alike. It also makes appropriate introduction for everyone to this week’s Recommendations and Reviews offering — and introduction, again (if one is needed) to an especially current, already much lauded, and vibrant English poet from across the Atlantic pond.