Ghost Passage by Josephine Balmer #Carcanetpress The empathy is a magic

The empathy is a magic force

taking us over the Severn bridge and onwards to the western fringes of Wales and then over the oceans to America

surprising language and very strong thought – which may be bitter

He has heard the story

instigating the insurgency from her puppet theatre

Ghost Passage by Josephine Balmer #Carcanetpress The empathy is a magicGhost Passage explores the ways in which we write ourselves in to the landscape, leaving our own trace, making our mark. From inscribed ancient artefacts and recently excavated writing tablets of Roman London the earliest known written texts in the city to tombstones in a remote Kent churchyard, the collection deciphers the hidden texts that weave through our past, articulating lost and often overlooked voices. Outside the usual boundaries of