After thirty-seven years of Secondary School teaching Ian Brinton now writes full time. His publications over the past ten years include translations from French and critical works on modern poetry. A former editor of The Use of English for The English Association he now co-edits the poetry magazines Tears in the Fence and SNOW. He is on the committee setting up the new archive of Contemporary Poetry at the University of Cambridge and is the Web Manager for The English Association’s War Poets Website. As a reviewer he has been published by The Times Literary Supplement, The London Magazine, PN Review, Notre Dame Review, World Literature Today, Poetry Salzburg Review and Poetry Review.