The Impossibility of Nothingness (Peepal Tree Press) by Ian McDonald ventures beyond the borders of the expected, in this latest offering from the nonagenarian Guyanese writer, who claims T&T as an indelible part of his creative consciousness. As with his recent collections, The Impossibility of Nothingness focuses on the ephemerality of life, while also making room for the necessity of remarking keenly on what the poet observes. Mortality is rendered here with convincingness, alongside the imperative to affix each lament, each ode of gratitude, to its corresponding place in history.