{"title":"Katherine Pierpoint","description":"Katherine Pierpoint was born in Northampton in 1961. She studied Languages at Exeter University, then worked in publishing and television before becoming a full-time writer, editor and poetry translator. In 1993 she won a Hawthornden International Creative Writing Fellowship. Her poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eTruffle Beds\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), won a Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. Her translation, with Tom Boll, of Coral Bracho's Poems was published in 2008. \n\nKatherine Pierpoint was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Kent at Canterbury and in 2006 was poet-in-residence at the King's School, Canterbury. With the sponsorship of the British Council, she has attended literary festivals on contemporary poetry in Macedonia, Sweden, Spain and Mexico; she has also read in Poland, Slovenia and Italy.\n\nKatherine Pierpoint reads from \u003cem\u003eIdentity Parade\u003c\/em\u003e:\n\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yJYenEAL30g[\/youtube]\n","products":[{"product_id":"womens-work-modern-women-poets-writing-in-english","title":"Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English","description":"Three years in the making, and with over 250 contributors, this generous selection of poetry by women with an emphasis on twentieth-century poetry in English features poets from the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, and New Zealand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these 'Post-Feminist' times, is there a need for such a book? Is the literary establishment still as dominated by men as it once was? Who gets to decide the canon? Eva Salzman opens \u003ci\u003eWomen's Work\u003c\/i\u003e with a lively polemic, making the case for the women-only anthology with characteristic wit and flair. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArranged by thematic chapters that touch on various aspects of modern life, this anthology aims to be a touchstone of women's thoughts and experiences; to be entertaining and relevant as well as inclusive and representative of some of the best poetry published now. A thorough section devoted to author biographical details and credits will be of use to scholars and the curious who desire to read more work by the poets included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Editors are the well-known poet Eva Salzman, and Poetry Editor Amy Wack, both Americans, graduates of Columbia writing programme in New York City, who have made the UK their home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou will find familiar names as well as new discoveries amongst the contributors: Fleur Adcock, Patience Agbabi, Moniza Alvi, Margaret Atwood, Sujata Bhatt, Colette Bryce, Siobhan Campbell, Amy Clampitt, Polly Clark, Wendy Cope, Toi Derricotte, Carol Ann Duffy, Christine Evans, U.A. Fanthorpe, Ruth Fainlight, Vicki Feaver, Daisy Fried, Alice Fulton, Tess Gallagher, Louise Gluck, Marilyn Hacker, Joy Harjo, Selima Hill, Kathleen Jamie, June Jordan, Martha Kapos, Jenny Joseph, Jackie Kay, Mimi Khalvati, Alice Oswald, Phillis Levin, Denise Levertov, Gwyneth Lewis, Sandra McPherson, Marianne Moore, Sharon Olds, Ruth Padel, Pascale Petit, Katherine Pierpoint, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Muriel Rukeyser, Carol Rumens, Olive Senior, Jo Shapcott, Stevie Smith, Gertrude Stein, Anne Stevenson, Chase Twichell, Judith Wright, Tamar Yoselfof, and many others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Wack\u003c\/b\u003e has edited a number of anthologies for Seren including \u003ci\u003eOxygen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBurning the Bracken\u003c\/i\u003e, and was for many years Reviews Editor at \u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEva Salzman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two individual collections, \u003ci\u003eThe English Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBargain with the Watchman\u003c\/i\u003e and her \u003ci\u003eDouble Crossing: New and Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e has recently appeared.","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041147716,"sku":"9781854114310","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_f7051130-87fe-49c1-9844-c68b7a21dd92.jpeg?v=1752238145"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/katherine-pierpoint\/colette-bryce.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}