Philip Gross’s latest poetry collection, The Egg Of Zero (Bloodaxe), and novel, The Storm Garden (OUP), both appeared in March, 2006. Two of the poems in this issue come from The Abstract Garden, a collaboration with engraver Peter Reddick, which will be published by The Old Stile Press this autumn. Philip is Professor of Creative Writing at Glamorgan University.

Philip Gross's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises two contributions of poetry, over a period of four years.