All of Lowell's autobiographical writings, almost none of which have been published before, unearthed from the Harvard Archive. Youth, his mental illness, glimpses of Plath, Eliot, Pound, Be... read more
A facsimile, with facing transcriptions, of Eliot's early notebook containing poems up to 1917. Includes an early version of 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'. The notebook has been lurk... read more
A collection of this important Chinese poet's work that spans his career, from the 1980s to the present. Lyrical yet restrained, sometimes raw, infused with Chinese classical imagery and a c... read more
Today's pre-eminent author for children is a Fellow of All Souls. Now she turns her scholarly attention to the religious outsider, social disaster, celebrity preacher, establishment darling,... read more
Follows up his Young Eliot (2015, pbk £14.99). Draws on all correspondence including the archive with his lover Emily Hale, which remained sealed until 2020.
Quiet utterances like snatches of conversation, from the magnificent JB. These brief reflections and observations are not quite poetry, not quite prose - an absolute joy to read and to pause... read more
The divine book of penguin verse. The verse book of the divine penguin. Or something. From 2300 BC Sumerian utterances to Rumi, Black, Dickinson, Tagore, etc. Wonderful.