<p>The first comprehensive selection of Damian Gorman''s best-known and best-loved poems, along with some other "bits and pieces". Renowned for his readings - both live and filmed - he has attempted to carry the register of a reading into book-form here with two thoughts in mind - 1) that it should be entertaining, and 2) that it hold in its heart Adrienne Rich''s thought that "without tenderness, we are in hell".</p>