James Lasdun's books include The Fall Guy and Give Me Everything You Have- On Being Stalked. He teaches creative writing at Columbia University and reviews regularly for the Guardian. His work has been filmed by Bernardo Bertolucci (Besieged) and he co-wrote the films Sunday, which won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance, and Signs and Wonders, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsg rd.
I'm filled with admiration, delight and gratitude at discovering James Lasdun's poems... He has wit, speed, intelligence, a keen eye, precision and imagination of the highest order -- Anthony Hecht A restlessly inventive mind -- Terry Eagleton Literary Review