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52 Poems from The Guardian ‘Poem of the Week’
POETRY
256 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5
Formats: Paperback, Mobipocket, ebook: EPUB, ebook: PDF
Paperback, $23.99 (US $23.99) (CA $31.99)
Publication Date: January 2020
ISBN 9781784107796
Overview
A curated collection of modern poetry from the acclaimed Guardian blog. This anthology presents 52 hand-picked poems from the Guardian's 'Poem of the Week' blog, offering a diverse range of voices and perspectives on contemporary life.
Selected and reviewed by Carol Rumens, each poem is a 'small (or large) machine made of words,' exploring themes of love, loss, social justice, and the human experience.
- Discover new and established poets.
- Engage with insightful commentary and analysis.
- Reflect on the world through the lens of modern poetry.
Author Biography
Carol Rumens was born in Forest Hill, South London, in 1944. She began writing music reviews for the local press when she was sixteen, and her various jobs include the Northern Arts Fellowship, and writer in residence at Queen’s University Belfast, University College Cork and the University of Stockholm. She writes fiction and drama and has translated Russian poetry with her late partner, Yuri Drobyshev. Rumens has published seventeen collections of poetry and currently teaches Creative Writing part-time at the University of Bangor.
