
Wired to the Dynamo
Poetry & prose in honour of John Barnie
Matthew Jarvis(Editor)
Cinnamon Press
Published on 5. March 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-78864-004-6 (ISBN)
Description
Poet, essayist, editor, blues guitarist and singer, John Barnie is a Renaissance man for our age. Greatly respected and admired across a swathe of British cultural landscape, John's life and work so far offer an integrity and honesty of vision and purpose that stands as an example for us all.
In this sincere and vibrant tribute, 16 writers and poets offer a variety of works and viewpoints on this special and important artist.
In this sincere and vibrant tribute, 16 writers and poets offer a variety of works and viewpoints on this special and important artist.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Blaenau Ffestiniog
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-78864-004-6 (9781788640046)
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Professor Matthew Jarvis has written two monographs on the English-language poetry of Wales - Welsh Environments in Contemporary Poetry (2008) and Ruth Bidgood (2012), both published by the University of Wales Press - as well as numerous essays and reviews. He has co-edited special issues of the journals Green Letters and the International Journal of Welsh Writing in English, and is currently co-editor of the International Journal of Welsh Writing in English. He is Chair of the Poetry Wales Committee and co-Chair of the Association for Welsh Writing in English. He has recently edited a volume of essays, Devolutionary Readings: English-Language Poetry and Contemporary Wales, which is to be published by Peter Lang in 2017. He is the Anthony Dyson Fellow in Poetry at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.