A liberal thinker about the American century

A critic with ‘an almost devout passion for good poems’

Why do we like what we like?

Around 15 years ago, together with two colleagues, I was compiling and translating an anthology that was eventually published as The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry. We were eager to include previously

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle

A flawed comparative study of eastern and western philosophies