‘The book is inflected by a general sense of apprehension that we all have at present – an awareness of the possibility of world-ending events.’
Hospitality C.K. Stead·23rd July 2016'My mordant friend told me the story of / the woman he loved in youth in Oxford /who had, he said, "a hospitable cunt".'Number 32 | New ZealandVerse
Stiff C.K. Stead·23rd July 2016'One hundred years ago young Ezra writes / from Kensington to Miss Alice Kenny'Number 32 | New ZealandVerse
Amsterdam C.K. Stead·23rd July 2016'Tucked among books, look, a long-ago letter, / long ago lost, thanks me for poems – for one / especially in which she’s named.'Number 32 | New ZealandVerse