Linda Black is a poet and visual artist. Her fourth collection, Slant, was published by Shearsman in 2016, Root in 2011 and Inventory in 2008. The Son of a Shoemaker (Hearing Eye 2012), collaged prose-poems based on the early life of Hans Christian Andersen plus the author’s illustrations, was the subject of a Poetry Society exhibition in 2013. She teaches for the Poetry School and is Editor of Long Poem Magazinewww.longpoemmagazine.org.uk