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Misapprehensions

E.A. Markham

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (96 pages)
(Pub. Oct 1995)
9780856462719
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  • Many of the poems in E.A. Markham’s sixth collection reveal a sense of disquiet which ranges in tone from the comic to the sombre. Yet the overall feel of the book is of something intimate, personal and celebratory, which overrides those darker undercurrents of the poet’s apprehensions. The poems are accompanied by three fascinating prose sketches which focus on his childhood and his mother’s death. They act as extended footnotes or informing narratives which give individual poems – including those paying homage to Nelson Mandela, the late Andrew Salkey and Brian Lara – a special resonance.

    Born in Montserrat in 1939, E.A. MARKHAM has lived in many parts of Europe, though Britain has been his home since 1956. Active in theatre and in literature -- he is a story-writer as well as a poet -- he is currently Professor of Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University, edits ... read more
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