{"title":"Wendy Klein","description":"Wendy Klein's poetry has appeared in anthologies and poetry magazines. A retired family psychotherapist, she is a regular reader at the Troubadour and Poets' Cafe in Reading. She enjoys belly-dancing and the curative company of dogs.","products":[{"product_id":"reading-poetry-an-anthology","title":"Reading Poetry: An Anthology","description":"In recognition of the town’s long history and rich heritage, the poems gathered in this anthology celebrate Reading’s connections with poetry, both past and present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by poets who live or have lived in the area, many of the poems are set in Reading and the Thames Valley and make reference to poems and writers associated with the town over the years: Coleridge in flight from his university debts, Rimbaud’s association with a language school in King’s Road, Oscar Wilde’s ‘Ballad of Reading Gaol’, Jane Austen’s only formal schooling, and Dickens’s many visits to the town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe anthology is also an essential introduction to reading poetry. Each poet has provided his or her own account of their relation to the anthology’s theme, their inspiration, their muse. The poets represented are Paul Bavister, Adrian Blamires, David Cooke, Jane Draycott, Claire Dyer, John Froy, A.F. Harrold, Ian House, Wendy Klein, Gill Learner, Allison McVety, Kate Noakes, Victoria Pugh, Peter Robinson, Lesley Saunders, Susan Utting, and Jean Watkins. Specially commissioned illustrations from Sally Castle round off this refreshingly approachable collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e’s many books include \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Carcanet, 2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Look of Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e (Shearsman, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eEnglish Nettles\u003c\/i\u003e (Two Rivers Press, 2010). He was awarded the John Florio prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Greener Meadow: Selected Poems of Luciano Erba\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He is currently Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Reading.","brand":"Two Rivers Press","offers":[{"title":"Book","offer_id":1040932296,"sku":"9781901677720","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/2_2_e4cc7358-c640-4a4c-817a-21ad4bdbf6e7.jpeg?v=1752237875"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/wendy-klein\/paul-bavister.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}