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A footnote on one of the British poetry prizes: this year's short list for the Forward Best Collection comprised three Irish poets Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (sorry, no accents), Ciaran Carson, Paul Muldoon, Peter Riley of this manor, and, the winner, Jamaican born, US poet Claudia Rankine (originally published in the US by Graywolf). Last year's winner of the same prize was the Jamaican poet Kei Miller. I don't think a couple of years' prizes makes everything fair and open in the poetry world but it's an encouraging sign that value isn't just being sought in the most conventional and parochial zones. Jamie