Rock as Gloss by Mark Goodwin Ugly Duckling Presse From brief lyrics that examine

From brief lyrics that examine a mixtape or a plectrum to larger meditations on the connections between the life of Robert Frost and a trip to the supermarket in the snow

a monumental work of translation and poetry that will force us to rethink our understanding of global modernism and the hemispheric avant-garde

offers its readers a way ‘to know – & still to resist a last despair’

Mohyuddin memorialises the suffering of the displaced

flights show up on the radar and technology keeps track of desire

Rock as Gloss by Mark Goodwin Ugly Duckling Presse From brief lyrics that examineDivided into four compasses, Mark Goodwins sixth full length collection offers a variety of approaches to the rock in hand (whether gritstone or slate), or the fell under foot (whether on or off the map), and also enacts a dialogue with the culture and literature of climbing and fell walking, speaking to (and through) Menlove Edwards, Ted Hughes, Coleridge and others. The poems and fictions of Rock as Gloss navigate imaginary and actual journeys