'James Walton handles words like a jeweller handles a blue diamond. In each of his books we are transported into a linguistic heaven. Snail Mail Cursive is no exception; an eloquent gorgeous collection in which one is invited into a private world made universal. Whether the subject is life death authors songwriters landscape or animals he finds the cutting edge of a reflective language burrowing deep within our shared and singular experience enclosing us and reaching for more within and out of his meticulous inimitable prism.' - John Maxwell O'Brien
