How Things Are On Thursday
Published on 30. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-85646-374-7 (ISBN)
Description
A striking performer of her own poems, Ros Barber has the gift of recreating her voice - and the voices of others - on the page. The poems in this debut collection demonstrate her wide range in form and subject and her skill in highlighting the extraordinary within the commonplace. With their leavening of dark humour and their formal dexterity, her poems charm, entertain and provoke.
Reviews / Votes
'Ros Barber's work is exquisitely honed in meter and metaphor. She makes the iambic pentameter sound as if she just invented it.'Patience AgbabiMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
104 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85646-374-7 (9780856463747)
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Person
Ros Barber was born in 1964 in Washington DC. After growing up in Colchester, she studied Biology at the University of Sussex and worked for some time as a computer programmer. She lives in Brighton with her partner - with whom she runs a small theatre - and her four children.