
Forgive the Language
Essays on Poets and Poetry
Katy Evans-Bush(Author)
Penned in the Margins (Publisher)
Published on 1. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-908058-32-4 (ISBN)
Description
Happiness, typewriters and the ethics of plagiarism are just three of the subjects under the spotlight in this stimulating book of essays by prolific literary blogger Katy Evans-Bush.
Reviews / Votes
"Sharp, wry ... wears its considerable erudition lightly." Time Out "An incredibly astute, accessible and stylish critic. Poetry for her is not some arcane pursuit. It is a way of thinking and being in the world. I love her work." Suzanne MooreMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908058-32-4 (9781908058324)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Katy Evans-Bush's poetry publications are Me and the Dead, Egg Printing Explained (Salt Publishing, 2008 & 2011) and Oscar & Henry (Rack Press, 2010). Her blog, Baroque in Hackney, was shortlisted for the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2012. She lives in Stoke Newington, London.
Content
The Hidden Life of PoetsThe Poem is a Question: Keats, Negative Capability and UsJames Merrill: Formal RadicalCompendium in TimeAn Earnest Chestnut for Remembrance DayThe Search for Eloise RobinsonA Hell of an Underwriter: Three Insurance Men with a DifferenceBecause London Is Still a KaleidoscopeThere's No Place Like Home: The Poetry of Dorothy MolloyMen's Troubles: Seidel, Ashbery & ElliotTo Hull and Braque: Marching to the DrumbeatThese Fragments We Have Shored Against Our RuinGifts of Earth: Letters of Ted HughesThe Dylan Thomas QuestionMan of Jazz and Conscience: MacNeice's Autumn JournalBeauty and Meaning: Free the Word!By the Light of the Silvery Moon: Dowson, Schoenberg and the Birthof ModernismNow I'm a Real Boy: Poetry's Plagiarism ProblemThe LineMy Life in Typewriters