The Learned Goose Mark Hinchliffe "I began writing in my

"I began writing in my early twenties

all find ample scope for schemes and fantasies – and wounded feelings when they think their positions on the scale of colour and class are being incorrectly categorised

Gunter Grass

as well as from his three full-length collections of poetry: Public

The Learned Goose Mark Hinchliffe "I began writing in myThe Learned Goose is a collection preoccupied with storytelling and the search for answers, often in surprising and ill considered places. The learned goose was a genuine 18th century touring sensation: a goose that could predict the future, tell time and read you like a book. The learned goose is oxymoronic in nature; geese are considered silly creatures, regulars in fairytales and rich pickings for derogatory idioms and expressions, and yet here we