Rough Music
‘Rough music’ is the old English name for a custom of public scapegoating. This is a book full of disturbing musical echoes, in which brilliant renewals of carol, charm, folksong and ballad explore themes of violence, loss and belonging.
A Century of Poetry Review – Edited and Introduced
An anthology celebrating 100 years of one of the UK’s leading poetry magazines. “Poetry Review” was founded in 1909. Its first editor was Harold Monro who, in refusing the editorship of the Poetry Society’s in-house “Poetical Gazette” and holding out instead for editorial independence, set the standard for today’s journal.
On Listening: Selected Essays
On Listening is a collection of essays covering many of the key areas of contemporary debate in creative writing.
Common Prayer
By turns sensual and incantatory, Common Prayer offers a liturgy for a world in crisis. Meditations on the actuality of sickness and bereavement move outward through narratives of the broken body of Europe’s violent twentieth century. Challenging and exploratory, Fiona Sampson’s poetry remakes the spiritual and physical metaphors by which we live.
Writing: Self and Reflexivity with Celia Hunt
Exploring the writing process and its relationship to self, this guide synthesizes critical and creative theories of writing for both writers and readers.