Dressing for the Afterlife Mohammed el-Mezdioui takes its title from the

takes its title from the winning entry of the 2010/11 Arvon International Poetry Award

The first of these

Set in a colonial Caribbean country in the post-war years

the warmth found at the end of each rainfall

It’s not just a game

Dressing for the Afterlife Mohammed el-Mezdioui takes its title from theDressing for the Afterlife is a diamond tough and tender second collection of poems from British Cypriot poet Maria Taylor, which explores love, life, and how we adapt to the passage of time. From the steely glamour of silent film star goddesses to moonlit seasons and the ghosts of other possible, parallel lives, these poems shimmy and glimmer bittersweet with humour and brio, as Taylor conjures afresh a world where Joan Crawford feistily simmers and