Sleeping on islands : a life in poetry
Motion, Andrew, 1952-2023
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Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years. 'Sleeping on Islands' is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of a remarkable career. It takes us from scenes of a teenage home-life coloured by tragedy and silence - where writing was as much a refuge as an assertion - to the excruciations of early public appearances, to the decade he spent as Poet Laureate, asserting and ensuring the central place of poetry in a nation's character. Along the way, we hear about the risks and sacrifices involved, as well as the difficulties of sustaining the commitment to writing within a helix of other obligations.
Main title:
Sleeping on islands : a life in poetry / Andrew Motion.
Author:
Motion, Andrew, 1952-, author
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2023.
Collation:
ix, 310 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780571375295 (hbk)
Dewey class:
821.92BMOT
Language:
English
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BRN:
1172574
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