UAF
's poetry was broadcast on the BBC
's Woman's Hour and selected for Poems on the Underground. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
in 1987, a CBE in...
Reception
Kate Clanchy
Some reviewers found the topic unsuitable: in KC
's words, too conservative, or too happy, or, mostly, because it involved me talking about myself. It still offends, it seems, for a mother to talk about...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Carol Rumens
She discusses the poetry of Philip Larkin
, Derek Mahon
, and a range of women poets (including Adrienne Rich
, Marilyn Hacker
, and Ruth Padel
), especially their forms, music, and metres.