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21%OFFKit Wright - Ode to Didcot Power Station - 9781780371061 - V9781780371061
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Ode to Didcot Power Station

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Description for Ode to Didcot Power Station Paperback. Kit Wright is both a seriously funny poet and a poignant chronicler of our times. His sixth collection is published on his 70th birthday. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 160.
Few English poets have quite Kit Wright's range. From heart-felt lyricism to blistering satire, from the ribald to the grief-stricken, his poems cover almost everything life can throw at anyone, quite literally from the sublime to the ridiculous. Entertaining and engaging, writing with wit, panache and dazzling virtuosity, Kit Wright is both a seriously funny poet and a poignant chronicler of our times. His latest collection, published on his 70th birthday, shows him young at heart and writing, as always, from the heart of England.

Product Details

Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780371061
SKU
V9781780371061
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99-16

About Kit Wright
Kit Wright was born in 1944 in Crookham Hill, Kent, and has published over 25 books for adults and children. After a scholarship to Oxford, he worked as a lecturer in Canada, was education officer at the Poetry Society from 1970 to 1975, Fellow Commoner in Creative Art at Cambridge University in 1977-79, and subsequently a freelance writer. His poetry ... Read more

Reviews for Ode to Didcot Power Station
'Sublime - Kit Wright, one of the best poets writing in Britain today' - Carol Ann Duffy, Guardian. 'As a poet he simply has more bounce per ounce' - Patricia Beer, TLS. 'Funny and profoundly human' - Christina Patterson, Sunday Times. 'His poetry is profoundly English in its combining of jaunty rhythms, comic rhymes - with subject-matter that is frequently ... Read more

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