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Further Reading: 99 Poets Further Reading: 99 Poets This by no means exhaustive list of poets who, if not all currently alive, at least lived into the twenty-first century (Barry MacSweeney and Douglas Oliver died in 2000), is meant as a prompt for further reading for those curious to discover more about contemporary British “modernist” poetry. For reasons of space (not to men- tion ignorance), the list can only be at best provisional, and in particular cannot do justice to the proliferation of work by young poets, although much of this work can be found in the more recent of the anthologies we list. Wherever possible, collected poems have been used, in its most up-to-date edi- tion; more recent volumes are also included. For poets without a collected edition, we have provided what we think to be a representative sample of their work. We also provide poets’ blogs. Tim Atkins (born 1962) To Repel Ghosts (New York: Like Books, 1998); 25 Sonnets (Great Barrington: The Figures, 2000); Folklore (Cambridge: Salt, 2008). See also: Jeff Hilson, John James, Sophie Robinson. Anthony Barnett (born 1941) Poems & (London: Allardyce Book ABP, 2012). www.abar.net See also: Amy Cutler, Peter Riley, John Temple. Caroline Bergvall (born 1962) Eclat (Lowestoft: Sound & Language, 1996); FIG: Goan Atom (Cambridge: Salt, 2005); Meddle English (Calicoon, NY: Nightboat Books, 2011); Drift (Calicoon, NY: Nightboat Books, 2014). http://www.carolinebergvall.com/ See also: Bob Cobbing, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Redell Olsen. Sean Bonney (born 1969) Blade Pitch Control Unit (Cambridge: Salt, 2004); The Commons (London: Openned Press, 2011), Happiness: Poems after Rimbaud (London: Unkant Publishers, 2011). http://abandonedbuildings.blogspot.com See also: Jennifer Cooke, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tom Leonard. 242 ● Further Reading: 99 Poets Andrea Brady (born 1974) Vacation of a Lifetime (Cambridge: Salt, 2001); Embrace (Glasgow: Object Permanence, 2005), Wildfire (San Francisco: Krupskaya, 2010); Mutability: Scripts for Infancy (Chicago: Seagull, 2013). See also: Francesca Lisette, J. H. Prynne, Denise Riley. Jean “Binta” Breeze (born 1956) Third World Girl: Selected Poems (Tarset: Bloodaxe, 2011). See also: Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tom Leonard, Holly Pester. Richard Caddel (1949–2003) Magpie Words: Selected Poems 1970–2000 (Sheffield: West House Books, 2002); Writing in the Dark (Sheffield: West House Books, 2003). See also: Barry MacSweeney, Peter Riley, Colin Simms. Vahni Capildeo (born 1973) No Traveller Returns (Cambridge: Salt, 2003); Person Animal Figure (Norwich: Landfill Press, 2005); Dark and Unaccustomed Words (Norwich: Eggbox, 2011). See also: David Chaloner, Laura Kilbride, Zo ë Skoulding. Brian Catling (born 1948) A Court of Miracles: Collected Poems of Brian Catling (St-Leonards-on-Sea: Etruscan Books, 2009). See also: Caroline Bergvall, Nicholas Johnson, Iain Sinclair. David Chaloner (1944–2010) Collected Poems (Cambridge: Salt, 2005). See also: Andrew Crozier, John Hall, Jeff Nuttall. Miles Champion (born 1968) Compositional Bonbons Placate (Manchester: Carcanet, 1996); How to Laugh (Brookline, MA: Zephyr Press/Adventures in Poetry, 2009). See also: Tim Atkins, Adrian Clarke, Jeff Hilson. Paula Claire (born 1939) Full Circle (Oxford: ICPA Publications, 1985); Wordsworkwonders: 25 Selected Poems 1961–2010 (Oxford: The Paula Claire Archive of Sound and Visual Poetry Oxford, 2010). See also: Bob Cobbing, Alan Fisher, Ira Lightman. cris cheek (born 1955) Songs from Navigation (book+CD; London: Reality Street, 1998); part: short life housing (Willowdale: The Gig Press, 2009). See also: Allen Fisher, Holly Pester, Lawrence Upton. Thomas A. Clark (born 1944) Tormentil and Bleached Bones (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1993); The Hundred Thousand Places (Manchester: Carcanet, 2009). See also: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Peter Riley, Carol Watts. Further Reading: 99 Poets ● 243 Adrian Clarke (born 1942) Spectral Investments (London: Writers Forum, 1991); Obscure Disasters (London: Writers Forum, 1993); Skeleton Sonnets (London: Writers Forum, 2002). See also: Robert Hampson, Robert Sheppard, Tom Raworth. Bob Cobbing (1920–2002) Bob Jubile: Selected Texts of Bob Cobbing, 1944–1990 (London: New River Project, 1990); Bob Cobbing, Verbi, Visi, Voco: Selected Poems, 1942–2001 (Wien: Edition Selene, 2003). See also: cris cheek, Chris Goode, Jeff Nuttall. Jennifer Cooke (born 1977) *not suitable for domestic sublimation (London: Contraband, 2012). See also: Anna Mendelssohn, Marianne Morris, Keston Sutherland. Emily Critchley (born 1980) Love / All that / & OK (London: Penned in the Margins, 2011). See also: Marianne Morris, Sophie Robinson, John Wilkinson. Andrew Crozier (1943–2008) An Andrew Crozier Reader (Manchester: Carcanet, 2012). See also: Anthony Barnett, Peter Riley, Carol Watts. Amy Cutler (born 1985) Nostalgia Forest (Hunstanton: Oystercatcher Press, 2013). http://amycutler.wordpress.com/ See also: Allen Fisher, Peter Riley, Harriet Tarlo. Fred D’Aguiar (born 1960) Mama Dot (London: Chatto and Windus, 1985); Bloodlines (London: Chatto and Windus, 2000); Continental Shelf (Oxford: Carcanet, 2009). See also: Jean “Binta” Breeze, Roy Fisher, Iain Sinclair. Ian Davidson (born 1957) At a Stretch (Exeter: Shearsman, 2004), As if Only (Exeter: Shearsman, 2007). See also: Sean Bonney, Nicholas Johnson, Douglas Oliver. Amy De’Ath (born 1985) Erec & Enide (Cambridge: Salt, 2010); Caribou (London: Bad Press, 2012). h t t p : / / a m y d e a t h . w o r d p r e s s . c o m / See also: Jennifer Cooke, Ulli Freer, John Wilkinson. Andrew Duncan (born 1956) Anxiety Before Entering a Room: Selected Poems, 1977–1999 (Cambridge: Salt, 2001); Threads of Iron (Exeter: Shearsman, 2013). http://www.pinko.org/ See also: Lee Harwood, Robert Sheppard, Simon Smith. Allen Fisher (born 1944) DEFAMILIARISING_________* (London: Spanner, 1983); Gravity (Cambridge: Salt, 2004); Place (Hastings: Reality Street, 2005). See also: cris cheek, Robert Sheppard, Tom Raworth. 244 ● Further Reading: 99 Poets Roy Fisher (born 1930) The Long and the Short of It: Poems 1955–2005 (Tarset: Bloodaxe, 2005). See also: Jeff Nuttall, John Temple, Zo ë Skoulding. Ulli Freer (born 1947) Stepping Space (Cambridge: Spectacular Diseases, 1990); Speakbright Leap Passwood (Cambridge: Salt, 2003). See also: Allen Fisher, Ian Patterson, Robert Sheppard. Harry Gilonis (born 1956) Reliefs (Dublin: hardPressed Poetry, 1988); Forty Fungi (London: Oracle Press, 1994); eye-blink (London: Veer, 2010). See also: Sean Bonney, Jeff Hilson, Colin Simms. Chris Goode (born 1973) Boomer Console (London: Barque Press, 2000); No Son House (London: Barque Press, 2004), The History of Airports (London: Ganzfeld Press, 2009). See also: Bob Cobbing, Peter Manson, Holly Pester. Bill Griffiths (1948–2007) The Mud Fort (Cambridge: Salt, 2004); Collected Earlier Poems (Hastings: Reality Street, 2010). See also: Barry MacSweeney, Geraldine Monk, John Seed. John Hall (born 1945) Else Here: Selected Poems (Buckfastleigh: Etruscan Books, 1999); Couldn’t You? Poems (Exeter: Shearsman, 2007). See also: Roy Fisher, Denise Riley, John Temple. Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006) Ian Hamilton Finlay Selections (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012). See also: Thomas A. Clark, Amy Cutler, Holly Pester. Robert Hampson (born 1948) Assembled Fugitives: Selected Poems, 1973–1998 (London: Stride Press, 2000); Seaport (Exeter: Shearsman, 2008); reworked disasters (Newton-le Willows: knives forks and spoons, 2013). See also: Allen Fisher, Robert Sheppard, Tony Lopez. Lee Harwood (born 1939) Collected Poems, 1964–2004 (Exeter: Shearsman, 2004). See also: John James, Jeff Nuttall, Robert Sheppard. Michael Haslam (born 1947) A Whole Bauble (Manchester: Carcanet, 1995); Music: A Trilogy (The Music Laid her Songs in Language; A Sinner Saved from Grace; A Cure for Woodness) (Todmorden: Arc Publications, 2001–10). See also: Tim Atkins, R. F. Langley, Maggie O’Sullivan. Randolph Healy (born 1956) Green 532: Selected Poems, 1983–2000 (Cambridge: Salt, 2002). See also: David Herd, Christopher Middleton, Rosemary Tonks. Further Reading: 99 Poets ● 245 Ian Heames (born 1988) Bad Flowers (Cambridge: ©_©Press, 2009); Out of Villon (©_©Press, 2011); Array One (Cambridge: Critical Documents, 2012). See also: Andrea Brady, Laura Kilbride, John Wilkinson. David Herd (born 1967) Mandelson! Mandelson! A Memoir (Manchester: Carcanet, 2005); All Just (Manchester: Carcanet, 2012). See also: David Chaloner, Douglas Oliver, Carol Watts. Jeff Hilson (born 1966) Stretchers (Hastings: Reality Street, 2006); Bird Bird (Norwich: Landfill, 2009); In the Assarts (London: Veer, 2010). http://www.canarywoof.blogspot.co.uk/ See also: Tim Atkins, Randolph Healy, Holly Pester. Peter Jaeger (born 1960) Power Lawn (Toronto: Coach House Books, 1999); Eckhart Cars (Cambridge: Salt, 2004); The Persons (York: Information as Material, 2011). See also: Tim Atkins, Adrian Clarke, Ulli Freer. John James (born 1939) Collected Poems (Cambridge: Salt, 2002); In Romsey Town (Cambridge: Equipage, 2011). See also: Bill Griffiths, Lee Harwood, Barry MacSweeney. Simon Jarvis (born 1963) The Unconditional: A Lyric (London: Barque, 2005); Dionysus Crucified: Choral Lyric for two Soloists and Messenger (Cambridge: Grasp Press, 2011). See also: Michael Haslam, Laura Kilbride, Timothy Thornton. Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952) Mi Revalueshanary Fren (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2002). See also: Sean Bonney, Jeff Nuttall, D. S. Marriott. Nicholas Johnson (born 1961) Degrees of Freedom (Treadwell, NY: Bright Hill Press, 2005); Land Redux (St Leonards
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