Microbursts Martin Bennett Machineries of Joy is the

Machineries of Joy is the vibrant

inaugurating the first Poetry International

He became one of the most popular poets in Britain

In a nameless suburb in an equally nameless country

the ornate Mahogany Room above Burger King

Microbursts Martin Bennett Machineries of Joy is themicrobursts is a collection of hybrid, lyric essays about the places between life and death; memoir and poetry; making and letting go. Originally written by Reeder as an intense text based collection of lyric and experimental essays responding to the illnesses and deaths of her parents, it confronts the raw emotions of crisis, grief and creativity. Through collaboration with Thomson, the project expanded to consider how design and visual intervention