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Dorothy Molloy was a star in the making when Faber prepared her debut ‘Hare Soup’ for publication, before tragedy struck, and she died four days before advance copies arrived. With its distinctive and unsettling mix of comedy and complicity, dark humour and disturbance, ‘Hare Soup’ stripped the veneer from the niceties of relations in family life and the Catholic church, turning its inventive and sexually charged gaze to corruption and abuse in our most private spaces. This was followed by the collection, ‘Gethsemane Day’ that was prepared from typescript. ‘The Poems of Dorothy Molloy’ gathers these two collections alongside her manuscript work, which appeared as ‘Long-Distance Swimmer’, and the remaining body of unpublished material to present a complete edition of poems to meet the growing readership of this startling talent.
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This is a collection of verse from the nation’s favourite poet, Pam Ayres. With the same magic that has enchanted her fans for more than four decades, Pam’s new collection is by turns hilarious, reflective, and profound.
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This comprehensive edition draws on Andrew Motion’s distinguished body of work from ‘Secret Narratives’ (1983) to his most recent volume, ‘Randomly Moving Particles’ (2020), and includes a substantial selection of new and previously uncollected poems. Certain preoccupations unite the book, which from first to last is particularly concerned with the ways in which our lives are shaped by loss – by wars, by accidents, by the erosions of time and by grief. But as a poet Andrew Motion is also an energetic and protean spirit, a listener and a watcher, and while the shapes and voices of the poems mostly prove this by using intimate and lyric forms, they also sometimes adapt from direct speech and collaborate with documentary sources.
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A gorgeous gift edition of William Wordsworth’s greatest poems, with an introduction by Peter Harness.
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‘Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE
[Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry’ The Telegraph
From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox.
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Iggy Pop hasn’t left a mark on music; he’s left it battered, bruised and covered in blood. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010, here for the first time are his collected lyrics, complete with stunning original photographs, illustrations and Iggy and others’ reflections on a genre-defining music career that spans five decades.
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Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was one of the writers that defined the course of 20th century poetry. Her vivid, daring and complex poetry continues to captivate new generations of readers and writers. Here, we discover the art of Plath’s correspondence. Most has never before been published and is here presented unabridged, without revision, so that she speaks directly in her own words.
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A history of Europe like you’ve never read before. From the industrial revolution through two world wars and to the birth of the European Union, Our Europe sets in free verse the story of 150 years of growth, confrontation, hope, defeat and passion.
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The poems in Sylvia Plath’s ‘Ariel’ include many of her best-known, such as ‘Lady Lazarus’, ‘Daddy’ and ‘Fever 103 degrees’. They were all written between the publication of Plath’s first book, ‘The Colossus’ in 1960, and her death in 1963.
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Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta – who was raised by bears – outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.
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A collection of classic poems that provide an accessible introduction to the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Printed in a high quality, cloth edition each volume in the Crane Classics makes an attractive gift.
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Sylvia Plath was one of the defining voices of the 20th century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. The poems in this fresh and inviting edition were chosen by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
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Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures 
