Is This the Way the Universe Works?

A whimsically illustrated book containing performative poems to be read aloud

A tanrenga poem is a conversation between a three-line haikulike poem and a two-line poem written by another writer in response. British artist-curator Gavin Wade (born 1971) and poet-musician Paul Conneally (born 1959) offer here a collection of such conversations, written between 2017 and 2023.