The Balls of Alban Poëzie hardop how best might we approach

how best might we approach one another

anchored in the classical past but firmly on the side of the living and our problems

Daniels’ work reveals a history

sonically playful

contains work in Dutch and English by Alara Adilow

The Balls of Alban Poëzie hardop how best might we approachCarl Gent St. Alban and I were playing strip poker but neither of us had any cards. We both sat there, balls out. Me, because I was losing. Him, well he just turned up like that Gripping and singularly anachronistic, The Balls of Alban continues Carl Gents ludic project to rehistoricise and refictionalise the sidelined figure of Cynethryth, eighth century Queen of Mercia. Part riotous short story, part historical survey, Gents work is a subversive