We don't need to tell you that the last several months have been exceptionally brutal. Nor will we comment further, except to say it is in the context of this nationwide brutality that we read manuscripts for the 2017 TS Book Prizes.
Chorus: There was a child who died. / She takes what is no longer given then takes what is no longer given then takes what is no longer given then takes what is no longer there. / How to catch the wrinkled pleats ripple above the knees. / How to retain before the vacant chest. / How light increased on strands of copper hair. / Chorus: There was a child who died.