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Under the Breath

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Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (80 pages)

9780856463471

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Peter Dale’s first full collection in over ten years brings together lyrical poems and monologues in which bleakness and tenderness alternate, conflict and finally coexist. The bitter-sweet shifts of memory are evoked throughout with an understated tone, making the poems in Under the Breath compelling reading.

Peter Dale was born in Addleston, Surrey in 1938 and educated at St Peter’s College, Oxford. He worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a freelance writer in 1993. He was co-editor of the poetry journal Agenda for many years. He is renowned for his translations from French (Corbière, Laforgue, ... read more

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Under the Breath Peter Dale 10% off Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (80 pages) 9780856463471 £7.95 £7.16 Description Author Peter Dale’s first full collection in over ten years brings together lyrical poems and monologues in which bleakness and tenderness alternate, conflict and finally coexist. The bitter-sweet shifts of memory are evoked throughout with an understated tone, making the poems in Under the Breath compelling reading. Peter Dale was born in Addleston, Surrey in 1938 and educated at St Peter’s College, Oxford. He worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a freelance writer in 1993. He was co-editor of the poetry journal Agenda for many years. He is renowned for his translations from French (Corbière, Laforgue, ... read more	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 The Earliest Witnesses: G.C. Waldrep read more Conor Cleary: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more New Poetries VIII: Tara Bergin on Suzannah V. Evans read more Suzannah V. Evans: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more New Poetries VIII: Andrew Wynn Owen on Tristram Fane Saunders read more Tristram Fane Saunders: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more
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