Fire Stations
Published on 1. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-85646-363-1 (ISBN)
Description
Awarded the Forward Prize Best First Collection 2003 One of ten poets chosen for 'Anvil New Poets 3' (2001), A.B. Jackson was singled out by John Greening in "Poetry Review" for his 'demanding and ambitious work: direct, sharp in manner, with an intellectual edge, a valedictory quality'. "Fire Stations" is his first collection.
Reviews / Votes
'A.B. Jackson has found a new voice for the 21st century. His stark admixtures of the sacred and surreal have the Gothic fascination of gold-inlaid medieval crucifixes. Without being obscure, these poems are harsh, inventive, compassionate, disturbing. A lingering wit and an eye for the sinister keep the reader in suspense.'Anne StevensonMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Carcanet Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
95 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85646-363-1 (9780856463631)
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Person
Born in Glasgow in 1965, Andrew Buchanan Jackson grew up in Bramhall, Cheshire, later receiving his secondary education in Cupar, Fife. He studied English Literature at Edinburgh University and now works in Glasgow.