101 Letters by Christopher Middleton Matthew Hedley Stoppard and with humour and his

and with humour and his voice is compelling

And this anthology does a genuinely eye-opening and ear-opening job in channelling it

collectively they provide readers with a fresh new portrait of a changing Ireland and

A foreword by Danusha Lameris

and studied first at Tsinghua University

101 Letters by Christopher Middleton Matthew Hedley Stoppard and with humour and hisThis selection of Middleton's letters offers a new beginning point for readers of this dazzling, many talented writer. The first letter here dates from 1936, the last from 2015, and this selection charts a life lived to the full as the poet reports on his work, his writing life and his continuous transatlantic engagement with the poets and critics of his generation. Enthusiastic, discursive and slyly humorous, Christopher Middleton (1926 2015) was an