'Poignant and fiercely intelligent, this is the best work of creative non-fiction I have read in years' FIONA MOZLEY'Profound, moving and courageous' IRISH TIMES**'Stimulating and often engaging . . . Bratton has developed a real technique of her own here' TLSIn April 1931, modernist poet Hart Crane arrived in Mexico City.** Between mood swings, dire financial difficulties, and a rotating series of personal estrang...

This collection of essays explores the life and works of the British poet and author of short stories Charlotte Mew (1869-1928). It represents the first volume dedicated solely to critical engagement with the full range of Mew’s poetry, fiction and essays. Mew moved within a remarkable range of literary and intellectual circles, from The Yellow Book in the 1890s to Bloomsbury’s Poetry Bookshop in the 1910s. As such, her work challenges traditional distinctions between literary per...