RP
dedicated the volume to her partner Michael Black
, but the opening poem and one other are dedicated to Irish poet Matthew Sweeney
.
Padel, Ruth. Angel. Bloodaxe, 1993.
prelims
The collection (many of whose contents had appeared, often...
Family and Intimate relationships
Ruth Padel
At a time of rapid expansion of freedoms in personal life, Padel lived for a while with the sculptor Michael Black
, from whom she learned how to live a creative life—that is, how...