Whitaker’s Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons.
(1988)
Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Textual Production | Carol Rumens | She also edited the Poetry Book society
anthology for this year, which appeared in November. Whitaker’s Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons. (1988) |
Textual Production | Helen Dunmore | HD
published a volume of poetry entitled Glad of These Times, which was welcomed by the Poetry Book Society
as combining delicate, exact, surprising language and very strong thought. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. |
Textual Production | Penelope Shuttle | PS
published with Oxford University Press
her Selected Poems, 1980-1996, which was chosen as a Poetry Book Society
Recommendation. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. |
Textual Production | Gillian Allnutt | GA
published a new book of poetry, Lintel, which was chosen as a Poetry Book Society
selection. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. “Author’s Page: Gillian Allnutt”. Bloodaxe Books. |
Reception | Gillian Clarke | Reviewers of this book included Anne Stevenson
. Letting in the Rumour, which followed in 1989, was a Poetry Book Society
recommendation and was reviewed by Sheenagh Pugh
. Elfyn, Menna, editor. Trying The Line. Gomer. 106 Gillian Clarke. http://gillianclarke.co.uk/home.htm. |
Reception | Ruth Padel | Kathryn Gray
, reviewing this collection in Mslexia, noted Padel's readiness to break the rules, and found her usually on the right side of the fine line separating the sublime from the ridiculous. Gray, Kathryn. “review of <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>The Soho Leopard</span>”;. Mslexia, Vol. 22 , p. 48. 48 |
Reception | Gillian Clarke | Tony Conran
in New Welsh Review noted that he found this the most satisfying of GC
's collections so far, Elfyn, Menna, editor. Trying The Line. Gomer. 19 |
Reception | Kathleen Raine | Critics applauded the pure and chiselled images Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 20. Gale Research. 20: 295 Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 20. Gale Research. 20: 295 |
Reception | Gillian Clarke | Again, this book was a Poetry Book Society
recommendation. A reviewer noted the use in these poems of kennings and of slate-sharp stress patterns. Gillian Clarke. http://gillianclarke.co.uk/home.htm. |
Reception | Carol Rumens | This was named as a Poetry Book Society
Recommendation. |
Reception | E. J. Scovell | This volume was a Poetry Book Society
recommendation. Dowson, Jane, editor. Women’s Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Routledge. 122 |
Reception | Helen Dunmore | The Raw Garden was a Poetry Book Society
Choice. Dunmore, Helen. Short Days, Long Nights. Bloodaxe Books. prelims |
Reception | E. J. Scovell | Alan Brownjohn
, in a review for the Sunday Times, noted with a clear reminiscence of The Swan's Feet the tough talent at work under the surface calm. Dowson, Jane, editor. Women’s Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Routledge. 123 Dowson, Jane, editor. Women’s Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Routledge. 122 |
Reception | Helen Dunmore | Two poems in this volume, The dream-life of priests and Sisters leaving before the dance, won individual awards at poetry competitions at Cardiff and Cheltenham. The volume received a Poetry Book Society
Recommendation. Dunmore, Helen. Short Days, Long Nights. Bloodaxe Books. prelims, cover |
Reception | Anne Sexton | The book was listed as a Poetry Book Society
recommendation and AS
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
. Middlebrook, Diane Wood. Anne Sexton: A Biography. Houghton Mifflin. 243 |
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