Her younger brother, Harry Fainlight
, a poet, with an underground reputation and lifelong intemittent experience of mental illness, died in 1982. He was an important person in her life.
Evans-Bush, Katy. “The Poet Realized. An Interview with Ruth Fainlight”. Contemporary Poetry Review, 2008.
Textual Production
Ruth Fainlight
In 1986 she published with her introduction, through Turret Books
, the Selected Poems of her late brother Harry Fainlight
, with a memoir by Allen Ginsberg
and a poem by Ted Hughes
, in...
