Basic Nest Architecture
Will be published approx. on 27. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-78172-373-9 (ISBN)
Description
This striking debut collection from Seren by Polly Atkin is full of vigorously intelligent, lively and entertaining poetry. Already a prize-winner in a number of competitions, Atkin weaves dense metaphors and sensitive observations of the natural world into her original poems. She is often inspired by the Lake District, where she has lived for a decade.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bridgend
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Poetry Wales Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
109 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78172-373-9 (9781781723739)
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Polly Atkin is a poet and non-fiction writer, whose work focuses on nature, place and disability. Her two poetry collections are 'Basic Nest Architecture' (Seren Books, 2017) and 'Much With Body' (Seren Books, 2021). Her non-fiction books include 'Recovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth' (Saraband, 2021), 'Some Of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better' (Sceptre, 2023) (Lakeland Book of the Year 2024, longlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2024) and The Company of Owls' (Elliott and Thompson, 2024) (longlisted for Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing 2025). Her poetry and prose appears in various anthologies and academic editions.
She grew up in Nottingham then lived in East London for seven years before moving north to Cumbria. She has a PhD from Lancaster University and has taught English and Creative Writing at QMUL, Lancaster University, and the Universities of Strathclyde and Cumbria. She now works as a freelancer from her home in the English Lake District, where she co-owns historic Grasmere bookshop Sam Read Bookseller.
She grew up in Nottingham then lived in East London for seven years before moving north to Cumbria. She has a PhD from Lancaster University and has taught English and Creative Writing at QMUL, Lancaster University, and the Universities of Strathclyde and Cumbria. She now works as a freelancer from her home in the English Lake District, where she co-owns historic Grasmere bookshop Sam Read Bookseller.