{"title":"Steve Griffiths","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Griffiths was born in Anglesey. His sixth collection of poems, \u003cem\u003eSurfacing \u003c\/em\u003e(Cinnamon Press)\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2011. Steve gave a successful series of readings from \u003cem\u003eSurfacing\u003c\/em\u003e in New York in the Spring of 2012. He has read on BBC radio at intervals over many years. He has appeared in a number of anthologies, including The Library of Wales \u003cem\u003ePoetry 1900-2000\u003c\/em\u003e (2007, Parthian Books), featuring a hundred 20th-century Welsh poets writing in English. He works as a researcher in health and social policy, and is a campaigner against the erosion of disability benefits in the UK.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Website: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.stevegriffithspoet.com\"\u003ewww.stevegriffithspoet.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"poetry-wales-winter-200910","title":"Poetry Wales - Winter 2009\/10","description":"Features include ‘Mongoose Music’ – Robert Minhinnick on translation in a conflict zone, farming and harmonics in Carol Watts’ \u003ci\u003eZeta Landscapes\u003c\/i\u003e, and Nerys Williams on the longer poems of Robert Minhinnick, Gwyneth Lewis and John James.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems from Paul Henry, Sheenagh Pugh, John Powell Ward, Peter Gill, David Kennedy, Chris Pusateri, Omar Sabbagh, Christopher James, Nigel Jarrett, Kona MacPhee, Alison Brackenbury, Pete Marshall, Jim Goar, Ioana Nicolaie (translated by Adam Sorkin and Irma Giannetti), Robert Nisbet, Mark Goodwin, Elisabeth Rowe, John Fraser Williams, Kate Potts, Anna Woodford, Steve Griffiths, Yoko Minamikawa Adams, T.H. 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-spring-2010","title":"Poetry Wales - Spring 2010","description":"A special issue of \u003ci\u003ePoetry Wales\u003c\/i\u003e: Poetry \u0026amp; the Visual, a rare full-colour version of the magazine, accompanied by 4 postcards featuring work by the artist\/poets involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIwan Bala on text and image in painting\u003cbr\u003eMatt Jarvis takes a historical perspective on concrete poetry\u003cbr\u003eElin ap Hywel reflects on a collaboration\u003cbr\u003ePascale Petit discusses sculpture and poetry\u003cbr\u003eAngela Gardner on gesture and rhythm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoems by Dannie Abse, David Foster Morgan, David Kennedy, Lyn Hjelmgaard, Helen Lopez, Peter Finch, Mike Jenkins, Peter Barry, Cris Paul, Alan Halsey, Tilla Brading, Ian Davidson, Tony Curtis, Naomi Foyle, Hywel Griffiths, Greg Hill, Phil Maillard, Jeremy Hooker, David Greenslade, Norman Schwenk, Richard Poole, Malene Engelunde, Phil Knight, Steve Griffiths, Margaret Lloyd, John Powell Ward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd in the Reviews section Lyndon Davies looks at collections by two contributors to this issue, Helen Lopez and Angela Gardner; Sue Hubbard reviews three collaborations between artists and poets; John Goodby considers two books by David Greenslade, including a collaboration with the late William Brown; Zoe Brigley weighs up anthologies from Bloodaxe and Seren; and Ian Gregson reviews Marys Oliver’s \u003ci\u003eEvidence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seren","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1041052488,"sku":"9770032220363","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_a18768c4-d0db-4aac-a102-c5b8e7efdded.jpeg?v=1752236542"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/steve-griffiths\/sue-hubbard.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}