New poems by Australia's foremost political poet, written in response to the socialcrises that confront us now. Jennifer Maiden's new collection deals with xenophobia and the rejection ofotherness, whether immigrant or domestic. It takes as its emblem the fox,representing our fear of the introduced and ill-reputed, but its title also refers to thepetition of the great Whig statesman, Charles James Fox, for the rights of all people,including freedom of speech and habeas corpus. Fox himself is the subject of some ofthe poems, while others focus on the crisis in Greece, Hillary Clinton and EleanorRoosevelt reflecting on poverty and human rights in Iowa, and the development ofJulie Bishop in relation to the vulnerability and sensibility engendered by politics andcrisis. There is a dialogue between Obama and Gandhi on the methods needed toensure political results, Kevin Rudd tries to explain Manus Island to DietrichBonhoeffer, and Keith Murdoch and his son Rupert discuss their attempts at idealismin the glass penthouse apartment of the latter.