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How Things Are On Thursday

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Categories: 21st Century, American, Women
Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (64 pages)

(Pub. Sep 2004)

9780856463747

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A striking performer of her own poems, Ros Barber has the gift of recreating her voice – and the voices of others – on the page. The poems in this debut collection demonstrate her wide range in form and subject and her skill in highlighting the extraordinary within the commonplace. With their leavening of dark humour and their formal dexterity, her poems charm, entertain and provoke.

Ros Barber is a lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. In addition to three collections of poetry, the last of which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, she has published two novels. Her blank verse novel The Marlowe Papers (2012) was shortlisted for the Bailey's Women's ... read more

'an honest, unflinching and hugely satisfying debut'
Neil Rollinson

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How Things Are On Thursday Ros Barber 10% off Categories: 21st Century, American, Women Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (64 pages) (Pub. Sep 2004) 9780856463747 £7.95 £7.16 Description Author Reviews A striking performer of her own poems, Ros Barber has the gift of recreating her voice – and the voices of others – on the page. The poems in this debut collection demonstrate her wide range in form and subject and her skill in highlighting the extraordinary within the commonplace. With their leavening of dark humour and their formal dexterity, her poems charm, entertain and provoke. Ros Barber is a lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. In addition to three collections of poetry, the last of which was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, she has published two novels. Her blank verse novel The Marlowe Papers (2012) was shortlisted for the Bailey's Women's ... read more 'an honest, unflinching and hugely satisfying debut' Neil Rollinson	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 Charlotte Eichler: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more New Poetries VIII: Jenny Lewis on Parwana Fayyaz read more Angela Leighton: One, Two read more Parwana Fayyaz: NPVIII: Meet the Contributor read more New Poetries VIII: Sinad Morrissey on Conor Cleary read more The Earliest Witnesses: G.C. Waldrep read more
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