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Making Beds for the Dead
Gillian Clarke
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Description for Making Beds for the Dead
Paperback. This is the first new collection by Gillian Clarke in over five years. Her themes include plague, archaeology, war, urban violence and rock. Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110. 77 pages. This is the first new collection by Gillian Clarke in over five years. Her themes include plague, archaeology, war, urban violence and rock. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 7. Weight: 110.
The title sequence of Making the Beds for the Dead charts the journey of a virus in 'the plague year'. Come from outer space, it travels - on a fox's paw, the beak of a kite and a crow and a buzzard - into the very heart of our lives. The poet includes personal, verses and stories from farmers in her family and neighbourhood. The open structure allows the Gillian Clarke to include her seven rock poems, written for the National Botanic Garden of Wales; her poems based in archaeology; and her poems about war, and urban violence. There is ... Read more
The title sequence of Making the Beds for the Dead charts the journey of a virus in 'the plague year'. Come from outer space, it travels - on a fox's paw, the beak of a kite and a crow and a buzzard - into the very heart of our lives. The poet includes personal, verses and stories from farmers in her family and neighbourhood. The open structure allows the Gillian Clarke to include her seven rock poems, written for the National Botanic Garden of Wales; her poems based in archaeology; and her poems about war, and urban violence. There is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
77
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857547375
SKU
V9781857547375
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Gillian Clarke
Born in Cardiff in 1937, GILLIAN CLARKE has lived in Wales for most of her life. She is a broadcaster, freelance writer and lecturer; she edited the Anglo-Welsh Review from 1975 to 1984, and latterly has been a teacher of creative writing in primary and secondary schools.
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