Identity parade : new British & Irish poets / edited by Roddy Lumsden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lumsden, Roddy, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--20th century.

English poetry.

English poetry--21st century.

Poets, English--20th century--Biography.

Poets, English.

Poets, English--21st century--Biography.

Irish poetry--20th century.

Irish poetry.

Irish poetry--21st century.

Poets, Irish--20th century--Biography.

Poets, Irish.

Poets, Irish--21st century--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Northumberland, England : Bloodaxe Books, 2010.

Summary:

Identity Parade presents new British and Irish poetry at a time of great vibrancy and variety. It is the first anthology to comprehensively represent the generation of poets who have emerged since the mid-1990s. Eclectic, diverse and wide-ranging in scope, the book fully reflects the climate of "the pluralist now". It offers the work of 85 highly individual and distinctive talents whose poems display the breadth of styles and approaches characteristic of our current poetry. These writers are prospering all over Britain and Ireland - from Shetland to Aberystwyth, from Gravesend to Galway - as well as further afield. Many new and undersung poets appear alongside this generation's most celebrated names, and probably for the first time in any major poetry anthology, more women writers than men are featured. All the poets have either published first collections within the past 15 years or make their debut within the next year. Identity Parade is as accessible to the new reader as to the aficionado, with each poet introduced by a biographical note also covering their themes and concerns, plus an author photograph. This is the essential starting place for anyone interested in the poetry of here and now.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780375588

1780375581