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How Things Are On Thursday
Ros Barber
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Description for How Things Are On Thursday
Paperback. Features a collection of poems that highlight the extraordinary within the commonplace. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
A striking performer of her own poems, Ros Barber has the gift of recreating her voice - and the voices of others - on the page. The poems in this debut collection demonstrate her wide range in form and subject and her skill in highlighting the extraordinary within the commonplace. With their leavening of dark humour and their formal dexterity, her poems charm, entertain and provoke.
A striking performer of her own poems, Ros Barber has the gift of recreating her voice - and the voices of others - on the page. The poems in this debut collection demonstrate her wide range in form and subject and her skill in highlighting the extraordinary within the commonplace. With their leavening of dark humour and their formal dexterity, her poems charm, entertain and provoke.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856463747
SKU
V9780856463747
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Ref
99-13
About Ros Barber
Ros Barber was born in 1964 in Washington DC. After growing up in Colchester, she studied Biology at the University of Sussex and worked for some time as a computer programmer. She lives in Brighton with her partner - with whom she runs a small theatre - and her four children.
Reviews for How Things Are On Thursday
'Ros Barber's work is exquisitely honed in meter and metaphor. She makes the iambic pentameter sound as if she just invented it.'Patience Agbabi