English Nettles (2nd Edition)

and other poems

English Nettles (2nd Edition)
Peter Robinson, Sally Castle
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Paperback
h210 x 135mm - 56pg
21 Jun 2022 UK
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9781915048028
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The first edition of English Nettles brought together poems Peter Robinson began writing on his return to England after many years living in Japan. The twenty-three works, evocatively illustrated by Sally Castle, show the poet' s ability to catch at fleeting landscapes and moments as, discovering Reading, he reacquainted himself with his native land. The poems celebrate his collaboration with the artist in their tribute to the place in which he came to settle. This beautifully redesigned new edition brings the book back into print, and includes an additional poem and illustration. Running through their lines like the town' s two arteries are oblique reflections on the meaning of home, the nature of money, work, love, death, and parenthood. Approachable yet inexhaustible, Peter Robinson' s poetry welcomes readers and promises rewards that can be kept.
". . . the finest poet of his generation" - PN Review; "Robinson is at his best when describing the strangeness of marginalia such as . . . "a creosoted shed / with ivy busting through its boards" . . . where time is distorted and realigned like perspectives in a mirror so that a return "home" feels as strange as being in a foreign country" - Poetry London; ". . . a major English poet" - Poetry Review;
Peter Robinson was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1953 and grew up mainly in Liverpool. He holds degrees from the Universities of York and Cambridge. After teaching for many years in Japan, he returned to Europe in 2007 and is currently Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Reading. The poetry editor for Two Rivers Press, author of many books of poetry, translations, prose fiction, and literary criticism, he has been awarded the Cheltenham Prize, the John Florio Prize, and two Poetry Book Society Recommendations. Sally Castle was born in Reading in 1953. She graduated from Maidstone College of Art and worked as a designer in London for ten years. She has worked as an independent designer and illustrator since the 1980s and has designed covers and/or illustrated over forty books for Two Rivers Press. Sally has a reputation for original hand lettering, and a particular interest in linocut printmaking, environmental lettering and mixed media artwork. Public work includes the Walking Words panels at Chatham Place and the Forbury Square stone both in Reading. As well as commissioned work, her experimental lettering and paintings are regularly exhibited in galleries and exhibitions.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781915048028
Published: 21 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Two Rivers Press
Publisher: Two Rivers Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 210mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 56

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