Haunting the Black Air
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'Joseph is both a faithful heir and an agnostic rebel' ALI ALIZADEH
'An exceptional talent' BLAKE MORRISON
From the T. S. Eliot Prize-winning author of Sonnets for Albert comes a dextrous and versatile new collection spanning the emotional spectrum of unabashed joy and crippling grief
With musicality and verve, beloved poet and musician Anthony Joseph undertakes a bold new work, excavating the complex nature of feeling. Across London, New York, Trinidad and beyond, whether a funeral in New Cross or a house party in Mount Lambert, Joseph brings heart, soul and verbal ingenuity to the act of unifying life's beautiful fragments.
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| Published | 02 Jul 2026 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781526683366 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Poetry |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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If Mikhail Bulgakov and Ishmael Reed had a godson in Trinidad raised on Rapso and John Coltrane solos then what you'd get is Anthony Joseph
ROGER ROBINSON
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Joseph is both a faithful heir and an agnostic rebel; a Black poet haunted by Africa's past as well as a bilingual post-modernist amused by the possibilities of the future
ALI ALIZADEH
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Possessing or possessed by requisite bearings, language and lore, Anthony Joseph is fully and beautifully up to the task
NATHANIEL MACKEY
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After much silence and absence in life, the poet's father is painstakingly restored in death in a book-length "calypso sonnet" sequence ... Sonnets for Albert movingly makes peace with his shade
GUARDIAN (on Sonnets for Albert)
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A luminous collection which celebrates humanity in all its contradictions and breathes new life into this enduring form
TS ELIOT PRIZE JUDGES (on Sonnets for Albert)

























