Sam Ladkin Editor & Author

Mark Hyatt (1940-1972) lived at the center and the fringes of the bohemian underground in 1960s Britain. In the half-century since his death, his work has been known almost exclusively by word-of-mouth. Drawing on a full range of archival sources, So Much For Life is the first comprehensive edition of his poems. Sam Ladkin is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex. Luke Roberts is a poet and writer. He works at King’s College London.