Arcadian Rustbelt PRE-ORDER Boiler House Press hunting dogs caught permanently suspended

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savoured and enjoyed

are more than descriptions of recovery

meditative poems

Arcadian Rustbelt PRE-ORDER Boiler House Press hunting dogs caught permanently suspendedPublished July 2025. Available for pre order. This anthology is designed to answer a specific question: was there a second generation of alternative poetry in Britain, after the high tide of the Seventies? The inescapable context is poets reacting to Thatcherism. Much of the country was turning into rustbelt. But the enforced leisure could create space in which new art could be made. The design involves a series of anthologies of the Alternative