{"title":"Ruth Padel","description":"Ruth Padel was born in London. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She wrote a PhD on Greek tragedy at Oxford University, taught Greek at Oxford, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, London (and opera in Princeton Modern Greek Department), and then became a freelance writer, doing features and reviews for many newspapers including \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and broadcasting for BBC Radio 3 and 4. Ruth Padel has published seven poetry collections: \u003cem\u003eSummer Snow\u003c\/em\u003e (1990); \u003cem\u003eAngel\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; \u003cem\u003eFusewire\u003c\/em\u003e (1996); \u003cem\u003eRembrandt Would Have Loved You\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), a Poetry Book Society Choice; \u003cem\u003eVoodoo Shop\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award; \u003cem\u003eThe Soho Leopard\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), a Poetry Book Society Choice shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize; and \u003cem\u003eDarwin: A Life in Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award.\n","products":[{"product_id":"the-north-46-25-years-in-the-north","title":"The North 46: 25 Years in the North","description":"\u003cb\u003eFeaturing 75 poems by 40 poets, celebrating The North's 25th anniversary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounded in 1985, The North magazine is now 25 years old. 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