Published on 04/08/2026, 08:00 PM

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Title

Haunting the Black Air

Description

'Joseph is both a faithful heir and an agnostic rebel' ALI ALIZADEH 'An exceptional talent' BLAKE MORRISON From the T. S. Eliot Prize-winning author of Sonnets for Albert comes a dextrous and versatile new collection spanning the emotional spectrum of unabashed joy and crippling grief With musicality and verve, beloved poet and musician Anthony Joseph undertakes a bold new work, excavating the complex nature of feeling. Across London, Los Angeles, Trinidad and beyond, whether a funeral in New Cross or a house party in Mount Lambert, Joseph brings heart, soul and verbal ingenuity to the act of unifying life's beautiful fragments.

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Product details

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Poetry

Author:

Joseph Anthony

Title:

Haunting the Black Air

Fabely Genre:

Poetic

Language:

ISBN Audio:

9781526683373

Publication date:

April 8, 2026

Keywords:

Duration

1 hr

Product type

AUDIO

Explicit:

Audio drama:

Unabridged:

Yes

About the author:

Anthony Joseph is a Trinidad-born poet, novelist, academic and musician. His 2022 collection Sonnets for Albert was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry and the OCM BOCAS Prize for Poetry. He is the author of four poetry collections and three novels. His 2018 novel Kitch: A Fictional Biography of a Calypso Icon was shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize, the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and the OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction. In 2019, he was awarded a Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellowship. As a musician, he has released nine critically acclaimed albums, and in 2020 received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Composers Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Kings College, London.