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Emergency Kit

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Emergency Kit
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Jo Shapcott
Edited by Matthew Sweeney
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 232,Width 152
Category/GenrePoetry anthologies
ISBN/Barcode 9780571223008
ClassificationsDewey:808.81
Audience
General
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 2 September 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

EK is an anthology with many differences. It is, to begin with, a book which gives prominence to poems rather than to the poets who wrote them. It is truly international, bringing together poems not just from these islands but from many parts of the English-speaking world. It is the first book to identify a strain in the poetry of the last half-century which is characteristic of the 'strange times' we live in - an age when, as the editors note, scientific discovery itself has encouraged us to 'make free with the boundaries of realism'. It values imagination, surprise, vivid expression, the outlandish and the playful above ideology and sententiousness. It is, in short, living proof that poetry in the English language continues to thrive and to matter.

Author Biography

Jo Shapcott was born in London. Poems from her three award-winning collections, Electroplating the Baby (1988), Phrase Book (1992) and My Life Asleep (1998) are gathered in a selected poems, Her Book (2000). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Collection, the Forward Prize for Best Collection and the National Poetry Competition (twice). Jo Shapcott is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle.