Michal Tallo (1993) is a Slovak poet, writer, translator and radio presenter. He writes in Slovak and English. Tallo is the author of three books of poetry – Antimacy, Delta and The Book of Darkness, published as a conceptual object, a black box containing various documents, remnants of a fictional lost civilisation destroyed by its gradual transition from late capitalism into religious fascism. He translated Andrew McMillan’s poetry collections Physical and Playtime, and Seán Hewitt’s novel All Down Darkness Wide into Slovak. Everything’s Fine, Love Is Everywhere, Tallo’s short story collection, was published in July.
FOUR HOURS BY CAR FOR R, the same length of the journey for J, because R is giving him a lift and they live in the same city, just under three hours by car for…