{"title":"Nerys Williams","description":"Nerys Williams is from Carmarthenshire. She has an MA in Contemporary Poetry and a D.Phil in American Studies. Before her post-graduate studies she worked in the sound department at BBC Wales and as an assistant in mental health care. In 2005 Nerys won the Ted McNulty Prize for Best Single Poem for ‘The Dead Zoo’, which appears in \u003cem\u003eSound Archive\u003c\/em\u003e, shortlisted for the 2011 Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She is the author of two critical books: \u003cem\u003eThe Edinburgh Critical Guide to Contemporary Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eReading Error: The Lyric and Contemporary Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (2007). 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Parry Williams (translated by Richard Poole), Daljit Nagra, Neal Alexander, Alice Homewood, Graham Hartill, Paul Yandle, Steven Waling, Chris Bendon, Simon Perril, and Meirion Jordan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Reviews section, Frances Presley looks at Bunting and Mulford; Jon Gower on \u003ci\u003eBanerog\u003c\/i\u003e by Hywel Griffith; John Powell Ward reviews Dannie Abse’s \u003ci\u003eNew Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and Joseph Clancy’s \u003ci\u003ePassing Through\u003c\/i\u003e; Patrick McGuinness on collections from Will Stone and Paul Batchelor; Richard Gwyn on collections from Carrie Etter and Claire Crowther; Phil Maillard on William Walton Rowe’s study of Harwood, Torrance and MacSweeney; and Alison Brackenbury on a ‘granary of stories’ from Sheenagh Pugh and Gillian Clarke’s \u003ci\u003eRecipe for Water\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041041224,"sku":"9770032220363","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_fac8488d-b0e9-48db-8dff-188fb86b32a8.jpeg?v=1752236545"},{"product_id":"poetry-wales-summer-2011","title":"Poetry Wales - Summer 2011","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth and Poetry, three essays by three poets:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrpheus. 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