Originally from Birmingham, David Tipton has published thirty books and pamphlets of poetry, translations and prose since 1960." "Amulet Against the Evil Eye, his most substantial collection to date, contains much of the poetry he has written since 1981. It is a richly diverse book that plunders, not just the experience of the last fifteen years, but childhood during the War, his experiences as a soldier in malaya and the South American years.