City of Marvels by J. R. Carpenter deafness With scalpel-sharp lyricism and resonant

With scalpel-sharp lyricism and resonant silence

lamp-lit farmhouses – and young love reaching out ‘in the frightening dark

ventriloquised with the ‘cognition of bone’

Roshan Institute for Persian Studies

City of Marvels by J. R. Carpenter deafness With scalpel-sharp lyricism and resonantJ. R. Carpenter's poems have an eye for detail and an ear for the sounds of York in both past and present, inviting the reader to experience the city for the first time, regardless of whether they've ever been. City of Marvels is a poetic geography and Carpenter has given us both the route and the compass. PRAISE for City of Marvels: Carpenter walks the streets of York in a series of stops and starts with a sharp eye and gentle humour. Juxtaposing the