Neil Astley
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Bloodaxe Poems of the Year: 2003 - Celebrating the 25th Birthday of Bloodaxe Books (2003) 11 Exemplare
Bloodaxe Poetry Introductions 1: Alexander, Alvi, Dharker, Kay (Bloodaxe Poetry Introductions S.) (2006) 4 Exemplare
Bloodaxe Poetry Introductions: Enzensberger, Holub, Sorescu, Tranströmer: Enzensberger, Holub, Sorescu, Transtreomer (2006) 3 Exemplare
Bossy Parrot: Best Children's Poems from the "Evening Chronicle" Poetry Competition (1987) 3 Exemplare
Bloodaxe Books New Books & Complete List 2017 2 Exemplare
Bloodaxe Poetry Introductions 3: Jack Gilbert, Jane Hirshfield, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin (Bloodaxe Poetry… (2007) 2 Exemplare
Bloodaxe Books Complete List 2003 1 Exemplar
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- 1953
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- UK
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- Portchester, Hampshire, England
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- Tarset Valley, Northumberland, England, UK
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- Alliance Française
Newcastle University - Berufe
- Editor, Bloodaxe Poetry
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- shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Prize, 2002
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- Caradoc King (AP Watt)
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Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times von Neil Astley
Eric Gregory Award
A wonderful collection of what was billed as Great Britain's most popular poetry, sent to me by a friend in the UK. A lot of really good writing by a variety of poets about living in the modern world. A number of the poets included were already familiar to me (e.g., Marge Peircy, Pablo Neruda, Billy Collins, Philip Larkin, C.P. Cavafy, Mark Doty, Sylvia Plath, et al.), but there were many whose other works will be seeking out (e.g., Denise Levertov, Carole Satyamurti, Kerry Hardie, et al.).
A sequel to the collection of purported British poetry favorites. Such excellent poems collected here. A gift from a friend in the UK. ❤
Started poorly but picked up about 50 pages in. I've ticked the 'self-published' shelf because it has three things in common with other books I know were self published. firstly the typeface has a slightly different look from mass produced books (a good thing in this case), secondly there's just too much detail and it doesn't quite flow (but gives it a freshness which is engaging even if I had to skip over some passages) and thirdly it is packed with original and well thought out ideas (however baaarmy). The ending was a bit of a jolt with North Korea mentioned just as currently the new US presidency is stirring things up badly.… (mehr)
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