Afterburn by Blake Morrison non-fiction is a ground-breaking anthology examining

is a ground-breaking anthology examining UK disabled and D/deaf poetics

in the first 'claw full of hair' placed gently on a green shower ledge

in forms ranging from poetry to science fiction to sound art

Other poems illustrate his love of wry or fond overhearings

Afterburn by Blake Morrison non-fiction is a ground-breaking anthology examining'Lucid, tender and humane . . . One of the most formally agile and compassionate poets of our age Fiona Benson Here you are, on the balcony, the sea serenading you, the sun with its armful of light. In Afterburn, Blake Morrison returns to poetry, his first calling, to offers scenes from his own life and the lives of others. In psychology, 'afterburn' refers to the time before a past event is assimilated an idea that resonates through these poems