
That Awkward Age
Roger McGough''s eagerly-awaited new collection is a powerful testament to the miraculous in the everyday. Here he builds us his world: one of chance encounters and embarrassing moments, of big questions and small wonders. ''At that awkward age now between birth and death,'' he addresses Alzheimers and wrestles with mortality. He resolves (and fails) to live every day as if it were his last, joins...
Roger McGough''s eagerly-awaited new collection is a powerful testament to the miraculous in the everyday. Here he builds us his world: one of chance encounters and embarrassing moments, of big questions and small wonders. ''At that awkward age now between birth and death,'' he addresses Alzheimers and wrestles with mortality. He resolves (and fails) to live every day as if it were his last, joins...