Gods and Monsters Reuben Woolley viewed from the stands

viewed from the stands

and deep clarity

where cracks and the spaces of in-betweenness are also witnesses for wounded names and faces – a space where the poet can breathe in his mother tongue by breathing with his mother

and his own father’s – to show us how the body holds its own story

Gods and Monsters Reuben Woolley viewed from the standsA stunning gift book drawing together mythological poems classic and brand new from around the world, illustrated throughout in black and white by award winning former children's laureate Chris Riddell. Compiled by bestselling anthologist Ana Sampson, with an introduction by Natalie Haynes, author of Stone Blind. People all over the world have always told each other stories. And from the very earliest times, many of these stories were told in verse.