Michael LaskeyMichael Laskey has published five collections, most recently Weighing the Present (smith|doorstop, 2014) and The Man Alone: New & Selected Poems (2008). His first two collections were Poetry Book Society Recommendations: Thinking of Happiness (Peterlo, 1991) and The Tightrope Wedding (smith|doorstop, 1999), which was also shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize. Michael co-edited Smiths Knoll for 21 years and co-founded the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in 1988, which he directed through its first decade. He works as a writing tutor with a wide range of adult groups and in schools at all levels. He lives in Suffolk and is an editor with The Garlic Press. Read More Read Less