In the Hollow of the Wave Wassat Mubarak because the local geology provides

because the local geology provides little good building stone

Interconnecting locales across generations

bitter man - is disappointed at what life has brought him and envious of

the poems of Ben Howard's sixth collection bring an exact and ceremonial attention to the things of this world

In the Hollow of the Wave Wassat Mubarak because the local geology providesIn the Hollow of the Wave, the second collection by Nina Mingya Powles examines orientalism, art and artmaking in a time of ecological crisis. Engaging with the work of artists such as Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Yayoi Kusama, Etel Adnan and the fashion designer Guo Pei, these poems rework the notion of ekphrasis into something elemental and tactile, shaped by memory and landscapes of the body.