ANNA LIVESEY’s first book, Good Luck, was published in 2003. Having had a long and happy life as a university student and writer-about-town, she is currently in deep cover as a public servant.

Livesey comments: ‘ “Memory of a poem by August Kleinzahler” sprang from an encounter with August Kleinzahler’s most recent book, The Strange Hours Travelers Keep.’

Poem: Memory of a poem by August Kleinzahler