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Luke Kennard, Todd Swift - Best New British and Irish Poets 2017, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

Best New British and Irish Poets 2017

Av Luke Kennard, Todd Swift

Del i serien The Best New British and Irish Poets

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The second annual edition of Eyewear's flagship anthology showcasing fifty of the most promising new poets writing in Britain and Ireland.Open to poets who had not yet published a full-length collection, the competition drew entries from across the islands, with the final fifty poems selected by guest editor Luke Kennard. Modelled on the long-running American Best New Poets series, the anthology offers a snapshot of emerging talent, fresh voices, varied forms and subjects, and has become a launch-pad for poets before their debut collections. An essential guide to the next generation of British and Irish poetry.
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Luke Kennard is the author of numerous works of poetry and short fiction. His first collection of poems, The Solex Brothers, was published in 2005, and won him one of that year's Eric Gregory Awards. His second collection, The Harbour Beyond the Movie, made him the youngest writer to be nominated for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. He has since published two further full collections, and two pamphlets, one of which, The Necropolis Boat, was the Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice in 2012. In addition to poetry, he writes criticism, short fiction, and is currently working on his first novel. He currently teaches English and Creative Writing at the University of Birmingham.Todd Swift was born in 1966 in Montreal, Canada but is now also British. He is the Director of Eyewear Publishing. Holding a PhD from the UEA, he has had nine full poetry collections of his work published in America, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland. His tenth, out in his 50th year, is Madness and Love in Maida Vale. His poems have appeared for over 30 years in many international publications, including Blackbox Manifold, The Globe and Mail, Poetry, Poetry Review, Poetry London, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Prism International, The Fiddlehead, Matrix, and Best British Poetry 2014.

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