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At Home in the Dark

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (64 pages)

(Pub. Oct 2001)

9780856463341

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Greta Stoddart was born in Oxfordshire. Her first collection At Home in the Dark (Anvil) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2002. Her second book, Salvation Jane (Anvil), was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2008. She was also ... read more

Awards won by Greta Stoddart Short-listed, 2016 Roehampton Poetry Prize (Alive Alive O)
Short-listed, 2012 Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem Short-listed, 2008 Costa Poetry Award (Salvation Jane) Winner, 2002 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (At Home in the Dark) Short-listed, 2001 Waterstone's Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection (At Home in the Dark)

'Greta Stoddart's At Home in the Dark is a powerful first collection that sheds light not only on the darkness of home but also reveals much that's unsettling about the further afield. With their clear, percussive rhythms and their dramatic poise and timing, these poems dare and lure the reader to follow her prescient, unflinching gaze.'
Jamie McKendrick
Praise for Greta Stoddart 'As a poet, Stoddart is not in the business of offering solutions; the closest she comes to doing so is obliquely, through the bright snap of the language in which she presents her dilemmas, the irresistible clarity of images so right they deliver an almost physical connection, joining poem and reader...This is a collection that thrives not on solutions, but on endless, boundless possibilities.'
Sarah Crown, The Guardian, 2008

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At Home in the Dark Greta Stoddart Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (64 pages) (Pub. Oct 2001) 9780856463341 Out of Stock Excerpt Author Awards Reviews Greta Stoddart was born in Oxfordshire. Her first collection At Home in the Dark (Anvil) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 2002. Her second book, Salvation Jane (Anvil), was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award 2008. She was also ... read more Awards won by Greta Stoddart Short-listed, 2016 Roehampton Poetry Prize (Alive Alive O) Short-listed, 2012 Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem Short-listed, 2008 Costa Poetry Award (Salvation Jane) Winner, 2002 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize (At Home in the Dark) Short-listed, 2001 Waterstone's Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection (At Home in the Dark) 'Greta Stoddart's At Home in the Dark is a powerful first collection that sheds light not only on the darkness of home but also reveals much that's unsettling about the further afield. With their clear, percussive rhythms and their dramatic poise and timing, these poems dare and lure the reader to follow her prescient, unflinching gaze.' Jamie McKendrick Praise for Greta Stoddart 'As a poet, Stoddart is not in the business of offering solutions; the closest she comes to doing so is obliquely, through the bright snap of the language in which she presents her dilemmas, the irresistible clarity of images so right they deliver an almost physical connection, joining poem and reader...This is a collection that thrives not on solutions, but on endless, boundless possibilities.' *Sarah Crown, The Guardian, 2008*	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! Anvil Press Poetry Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Little Island Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog New Poetries VIII: Ian Pople on Joe Carrick-Varty read more Joe Carrick-Varty: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more New Poetries VIII: Andrew Latimer on Benjamin Nehammer read more Charles Boyle: The Disguise read more Benjamin Nehammer: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more New Poetries VIII: Phoebe Power on Jason Allen-Paisant read more
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