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100 Queer Poems (Paperback)
Andrew McMillan, Mary Jean Chan; Contributions by Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest, …
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Mary Jean Chan and Andrew McMillan's luminous anthology, 100 Queer
Poems, is a celebration of thrilling contemporary voices and
visionary poets of the past. Featuring Elizabeth Bishop, Langston
Hughes, Ocean Vuong, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and many more.
Encompassing both the flowering of queer poetry over the past few
decades and the poets who came before and broke new ground, 100
Queer Poems presents an electrifying range of writing from the
twentieth century to the present day. Questioning and redefining
what we mean by a 'queer' poem, you'll find inside classics by
Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Wilfred Owen, Charlotte Mew and
June Jordan, central contemporary figures such as Mark Doty,
Jericho Brown, Carol Ann Duffy, Kei Miller, Kae Tempest, Natalie
Diaz and Ocean Vuong, alongside thrilling new voices including Chen
Chen, Richard Scott, Harry Josephine Giles, Verity Spott and Jay
Bernard. Curated by two widely acclaimed poets, Mary Jean Chan and
Andrew McMillan, 100 Queer Poems moves from childhood and
adolescence to forging new homes and relationships with our chosen
families, from urban life to the natural world, from explorations
of the past to how we find and create our future selves. It
deserves a place on the shelf of every reader keen to discover and
rediscover how queer poets speak to one another across the
generations.
The effortless virtuosity, directness, drama and humanity of Carol Ann
Duffy's verse have made her our most admired and best-loved
contemporary poet. Rapture, her seventh collection, is a book-length
love-poem, and a moving act of personal testimony; but what sets these
poems apart from other treatments of the subject is that Duffy refuses
to simplify the contradictions of love, and read its transformations -
infatuation, longing, passion, commitment, rancour, separation and
grief - as simply redemptive or destructive.
Rapture is a map of real love, in all its churning complexity. Yet in
showing us that a song can be made of even the most painful episodes in
our lives, Duffy has accessed a new level of directness that sacrifices
nothing in the way of subtlety of expression. These are poems that will
find deep rhymes in the experience of most readers, and nowhere has
Duffy more eloquently articulated her belief that poetry should speak
for us all.
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern
literature
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Feminine Gospels
Carol Ann Duffy DBE
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York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to
English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely
updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate
students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes
Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range
of critical perspectives and wider contexts.
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The World's Wife
Carol Ann Duffy DBE
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In this enchantingly illustrated Christmas poem, Carol Ann Duffy
invites readers to open the windows on Advent Street. In each one
is a gift. You may find yourself back-straight watching a
ballerina, poised to begin, or catch your lips moving in time with
a festive song that drifts out into the night. Whatever the
surprise, when the curtains draw back and the lights sharpen,
Duffy's beguiling words, paired with captivating illustrations from
Yelena Bryksenkova, call you inside to feel the warmth.
Each night, in the hours between supper and bedtime the Tear Thief
carries her waterproof, silvery sack over her shoulder as she
soundlessly steals the tears of every child who cries. But what
does she do with all of those tears? Education Market: Aligns with
National Curriculum Fantasy/Imagined Worlds category and Stories
that Raise Issues/Personal, Social and Emotional Development. It is
a modern tale that illustrates a classic message which teaches
children to value true feelings.
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Love Poems (Paperback)
Carol Ann Duffy DBE
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Whether writing of longing or seduction, of passion, adultery, or
simple, everyday acts of love, Carol Ann Duffy perfectly captures
the truth of each experience. Love Poems contains some of her most
popular poems and, always imaginative, heartfelt and direct,
displays all the eloquence and skill that have made her one of the
foremost poets of her time.
This volume contains Carol Ann Duffy's adaptation plus the
dramatization by Tim Supple and the Young Vic Company. The plays
were produced by the Young Vic, London, in 1994 and 1997. 'Great
theatre is as fleeting as it is thrilling. It exists in the spaces
between actors and audience and is as elusive and silvery as the
paths that wind through dark woods of fairy tales. The great thing
about Carol Ann Duffy's re-telling of these Grimm tales is the
generous energy with which it enfolds each in its own style. Duffy
and director Tim Supple go the whole journey with the brothers
Grimm into the bright, warped world of a child's imagination.'
Guardian 'While a copy of this book would earn its place in the
secondary school library, a set, for English or Drama departments,
would provide a wealth of stimulating opportunities. Highly
recommended.' School Librarian
The enchanting festive poem from Carol Ann Duffy, former Poet
Laureate of the United Kingdom, and adorned with sumptuous
illustrations, Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water is the perfect
festive gift for the poetry lover in your life. ______ All the
lights were on at The Moon Under Water and the landlord, an Owl,
was slowly pulling a pint to test his ale. Toothsome. It was
Christmas Eve and the fire in the ancient grate gargled its
flames... A horse walks into a bar. A hedgehog plays the piano. An
owl mulls a flagon of wine. On Christmas Eve at The Moon Under
Water, anything is possible, so when the landlord announces a
festive prize for the best performance of the night, all and sundry
pile into the pub, eager for a chance at victory. In Christmas Eve
at The Moon Under Water all the old rivalries of the natural world
are suspended for one miraculous night, as man stands shoulder to
shoulder with animal, and predator and prey add warble and wail to
the Yuletide chorus.
Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three
daughters. The girls were just as clever as they were bella and
none more so than the youngest, whose name was Beauty. Disappear to
faraway lands of wicked witches, evil monsters and brave heroines
in former Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's stunning collection of
fairy tales. Including her beautiful and haunting retellings of the
Grimm classics Hansel and Gretel, Snow White and the Pied Piper, as
well as other tales from around the world, and new stories of her
own, this book will make you think again about once upon a time . .
. With ethereal illustrations by Tomislav Tomic, this uncommonly
beautiful book is a very special introduction to - or reminder of -
many classic fairy tales.
What would happen if we lost the happy endings to stories - imagine
the tears at bedtime! A fantastic and magical tale about what
happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to
bedtime stories. It is up to Jub, the keeper of the happy endings,
to save the day and ensure sweet dreams everywhere in this lyrical
story about storytelling. In the tradition of classic fairy tales
for children, Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray have created a truly
compelling, surprising and beautiful story for children of all
ages.
'In the world of British poetry, Carol Ann Duffy is a superstar.'
(Guardian) This stellar edition of her poems brings together work
from her four award-winning collections for children, and sprinkles
in a generous helping of new poems to match. From her dazzlingly
debut Meeting Midnight through to her newest, brightest poems,
Carol Ann Duffy's writing for younger readers has always bubbled
with wit and humour, intelligence and affection, and introduced us
to many strange and wonderful characters along the way. Among the
enchanting voices to be heard are those of the Loch Ness Monster's
husband, the oldest girl in the world and a herd of cows on a
shopping trip to Manchester.
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Sincerity (Hardcover)
Carol Ann Duffy
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'Carol Ann Duffy is considered a top poet. But she deserves better.
She deserves to outsell most of the novelists on your shelf '
Observer The effortless virtuosity, directness, drama and humanity
of Carol Ann Duffy's verse have made her our most admired and
best-loved contemporary poet. Sincerity is Duffy's final collection
of poems as Poet Laureate, and the much-anticipated successor to
the Costa Award-winning The Bees. Time and its passage are at the
heart of this reflective work, which gazes out from the autumn of
life. There are moving elegies here for what has departed; whether
that be children who have flown the nest, a way of life, literary
luminaries, past loves, lost parents or our own youth. As Duffy
dramatizes scenes from childhood, adolescence and adulthood, she
finds moments of grace or consolation in memory, love and language
amid the complexities of life. This collection finds a poet at the
height of her powers using her full poetic range, casting her eye
both inwards, in poems of a deeply personal nature, and yet also
outwards, taking stock of a world in turmoil. In some of her most
radical work yet, we see Duffy satirise and unpick the deception
and dishonesty at the heart of our current political situation. A
rallying cry builds steadily through the book culminating in a
moving closing ode to the virtue of sincerity. A fitting
culmination to her time as a Poet Laureate, this collection, at
once intimate and public, is a work of great power from one of our
most cherished and humane poets.
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Love (Hardcover)
Carol Ann Duffy DBE
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One of the English language's best-loved living poets arrays before
us here, in chronological order, her favourites among her poems on
the theme of love, drawing on work written over four decades, and
she adds to her selection one new poem. It makes for a sequence
that is sensual, stimulating, irresistible.
In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse, Poet
Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned a selection of the UK's
most loved and lauded poets to each write a poem in celebration of
books and bookshops - the worlds they hold, the freedoms they
promise, and the memories they evoke. From a basement of forgotten
books to the shelves of a cramped Welsh arcade, from the poetry
corner of the local bookstore to the last bookshop standing in a
post-apocalyptic world, these are poems that pay tribute to all the
places that house the stories we treasure. With poems from Carol
Ann Duffy, Scottish Makar Jackie Kay, National Poet of Wales
Gillian Clarke, as well as Clive James, Michael Longley, Don
Paterson, Patience Agbabi and many more, this beautiful anthology
is a heart-warming reminder of how books nourish us, save us, and
inspire us.
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Politics (Hardcover)
Carol Ann Duffy DBE
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One of the English language's best-loved living poets, in Red:
Politics - one of four themed collections - Carol Ann Duffy
presents us with her favourites among her political poetry. Drawing
on work written over four decades and arranged chronologically,
Duffy also adds to the selection her poem written for Danny Boyle's
Pages of the Sea memorial for The Great War. It makes for a
sequence that is searching, memorializing, healing.
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and her friends across the country offer poems in praise of the magic of reading.
In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned a selection of the UK's most loved and lauded poets to each write a poem in celebration of books and bookshops - the worlds they hold, the freedoms they promise, and the memories they evoke. From a basement of forgotten books to the shelves of a cramped Welsh arcade, from the poetry corner of the local bookstore to the last bookshop standing in a post-apocalyptic world, these are poems that pay tribute to all the places that house the stories we treasure.
With poems from Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish Makar Jackie Kay, National Poet of Wales Gillian Clarke, as well as Clive James, Michael Longley, Don Paterson, Patience Agbabi and many more, this beautiful anthology is a heart-warming reminder of how books nourish us, save us, and inspire us.
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Nature (Hardcover)
Carol Ann Duffy DBE
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One of the English language's best-loved living poets, in Green:
Natural World Carol Ann Duffy presents us with her favourites among
her poems on the natural world. Drawing on work written over four
decades and arranged chronologically, Duffy also adds to her
selection one wholly new poem.
In a gorgeous pocket-sized hardback, Another Night Before Christmas
is Carol Ann Duffy's magical contemporary reworking of the famous
poem by Clement C. Moore. Beautifully presented, this wonderful
festive poem, illustrated with Rob Ryan's paper cut artwork, is the
perfect Christmas gift. On the night before Christmas, A child in a
house, As the whole family slept, Behaved just like a mouse . . .
It's the night before Christmas and a young girl creeps down the
stairs, determined to find out for certain whether Santa is real .
. . But try as she might, she can't keep awake and is soon fast
asleep. She doesn't stir, even when Santa and his reindeer land on
her roof-top - but then, when he bursts out of her fireplace, she
wakes to a room filled with magic. As she watches him fly off into
the night, she knows that she will never forget this sight because,
at Christmas, the best gift of all is belief.
Carol Ann Duffy, appointed Poet Laureate in 2009, has chosen her
favourite poems for children for this stunning collection of
classic and modern verse, exquisitely illustrated by
multi-award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett. Featuring such
classic poems as 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear and
Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky' alongside Edwin Morgan's 'The Loch
Ness Monster's Song' and 'Balloons' by Sylvia Plath, 101 Poems for
Children Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy: A Laureate's Choice is a
delight for children of all ages and a pleasure to read aloud.
One of those rare books that is immediately enjoyable yet will
repay many re-readings' Poetry Review Carol Ann Duffy's highly
praised second collection, for which she was given the Somerset
Maughan Award, showcases the Poet Laureate's skill even at the very
start of her career. Within are poems that reveal the full range of
her interests: from the dramatic monologues, to meditations on
death and art, to poems of protest and poems of love. Throughout it
all, though, is a resounding determination to give voices to those
who are usually voiceless, and always apparent is her inimitable
wit, wisdom and imagination. At once tender and sharp, moving and
humourous, Selling Manhattan has dazzled both readers and critics
ever since it was first published in 1987.
'The Forward Prizes have turned a spotlight on contemporary poetry
which is both searching and glamorous' Carol Ann Duffy 100 Prized
Poems brings together the best of the poems published over a
quarter century in twenty-five editions of the Forward books of
poetry, a series highlighting the works commended annually for the
prestigious Forward Prizes. The roll-call of poets included is a
Who's Who of poetry excellence and includes both familiar names -
Simon Armitage, Jackie Kay, Derek Walcott - and fresh voices - Kae
Tempest, Kei Miller and Emily Berry. This anthology of anthologies
is a great way of encountering the richness that new poetry has to
offer.
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