The Day I Killed J. D. SalingerBorn in New York City on the night of John Lennons assassination Ros is now a celebrated photographer who claims to have killed reclusive writer J. D. Salinger with the help of her alter ego Marta. In the psychiatric hospital where she resides Ros talks with her therapist about art and pop culture and the psychological and moral motives behind her actions. But rebellious and outspoken Marta has other ideas: she mistrusts the therapist and is

Over coffee at Leeds’ Opposite Cafe

Poems like this are in communion with their own making

and the rush of the big city

The wool trade was destroyed for a generation

weeknight pasta dishes

And you can forget the winter

TS Eliot shows up at a coffee bar)

In this ambitious

something of a rarity

tomorrows”

They found a way to measure pain

Much like The Poetry Book Society UK’s prestigious Next Generation Poets (which is published once a decade) this issue aims to offer the most comprehensive