Amber Fan, the 22-year-old protagonist of Kit Fan’s heartfelt and elegiac second novel, is ready to say goodbye. Goodbye to her parents, who are booked on the midnight flight from London to... Read more »
Steeped in ancient tradition, elegies transform raw grief into timeless poetry, but their power to heal remains a beautiful mystery. Read more »
This year’s TS Eliot prize for poetry has been awarded to Michigan-born Peter Gizzi for Fierce Elegy, a collection that draws on the poet’s experience of losing his brother. Photograph: Penguin Chair... Read more »