Anthony Caleshu is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Plymouth. His writing on James Tate has appeared widely in various magazines and book chapters. He is the author of two books of poems, of which the most recent is Of Whales: In Print, in Paint, in Sea, in Stars, in Coin, in House, in Margins (2010).

• Contents: ‘A fair shake or a chocolate shake’: The Difficulty of Reading James Tate – ‘Fragments of novelties’: Poetry about Poetry – ‘Out of his little civilized element’: Surrealizing America – ‘I sent my love to the showers’: Love and Familial Dysfunction – ‘A stab at conversation’: Communication Breakdown – ‘Change is good’: Optimism and Prose Poetry in Recent Work.

Anthony Caleshu is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Plymouth. His writing on James Tate has appeared widely in various magazines and book chapters. He is the author of two books of poems, of which the most recent is Of Whales: In Print, in Paint, in Sea, in Stars, in Coin, in House, in Margins (2010).

• Contents: ‘A fair shake or a chocolate shake’: The Difficulty of Reading James Tate – ‘Fragments of novelties’: Poetry about Poetry – ‘Out of his little civilized element’: Surrealizing America – ‘I sent my love to the showers’: Love and Familial Dysfunction – ‘A stab at conversation’: Communication Breakdown – ‘Change is good’: Optimism and Prose Poetry in Recent Work.

Anthony Caleshu is Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Plymouth. His writing on James Tate has appeared widely in various magazines and book chapters. He is the author of two books of poems, of which the most recent is Of Whales: In Print, in Paint, in Sea, in Stars, in Coin, in House, in Margins (2010).

• Contents: ‘A fair shake or a chocolate shake’: The Difficulty of Reading James Tate – ‘Fragments of novelties’: Poetry about Poetry – ‘Out of his little civilized element’: Surrealizing America – ‘I sent my love to the showers’: Love and Familial Dysfunction – ‘A stab at conversation’: Communication Breakdown – ‘Change is good’: Optimism and Prose Poetry in Recent Work.