In the Catacombs
Published on 9. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
150 pages
978-1-908058-19-5 (ISBN)
Description
Opened in 1837 and inspired by the Pere Lachaise in Paris, West Norwood became known as the Millionaire's Cemetery. But within its opulent grounds there are twelve buried names whose currency is language: these are the dead poets of West Norwood.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
504 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908058-19-5 (9781908058195)
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Person
Chris McCabe was born in Liverpool in 1977. His poetry collections are The Hutton Inquiry, Zeppelins and THE RESTRUCTURE. He has recorded a CD with the Poetry Archive and his work is included in numerous anthologies including Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets, Adventures in Form and Dear World & Everyone in it. His plays Shad Thames, Broken Wharf and Mudflats have been performed in London and Liverpool. He works as the Poetry Librarian at The Saison Poetry Library and teaches for The Poetry School. His work has been described by the Guardian as 'an impressively inventive survey of the uses of English in the early 21st century'.