Interiors Jan Lowe Shinebourne Accompanied by the ghosts of

Accompanied by the ghosts of Ella Fitzgerald

Extracts from Sherko Berkes’s The Valley of Butterfly

To many residents

rescuing passengers from sinking ships

Poems 1981–2007 and Poetry After 9-11: An Anthology of New York Poets

Interiors Jan Lowe Shinebourne Accompanied by the ghosts ofOne day in April the body of Owen Beausoleil, a poet, is found drowned. As the investigation begins, three people find themselves haunted by him Noah Lang, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy; his wife, Kitty Lang, a psychotherapist; and Lolita Hammershi, a ballet dancer and Owens close friend. As the three of them become bound up in the mystery of what happened to Owen, their lives begin to interweave in both expected, and unexpected ways.