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smioner's review
5.0
What a great book! One of my favourite poets responds to philosophical essays in the forms of poems and the writers of those essays then respond to the poems. We don't get to read the original essays, but I actually think there's a charm in that, as some of us - me included - may feel bamboozled by the minutiae of academic essays on philosophical aesthetics, but we can feel and react to the poems and we can appreciate what the philosophers say about how they relate to their work. I also love that this project grew out of conversations in two of the best coffee shops in my home town of Leeds - Opposite and Laynes Espresso. I think it's wonderful that Helen Mort and Aaron Meskin have decided to donate an amount from the sale of each book to Leeds Community Foundation's Healthy Holidays campaign, which enables kids who may go hungry in the school holidays - when there are no free school meals to be had - to have access to food and fun activities throughout the holiday periods. Poetry, philosophy and philanthropy in one delightful volume!