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Say Something Back
Denise Riley
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Description for Say Something Back
paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
Say Something Back will allow readers to see just why the name of Denise Riley has been held in such high regard by her fellow poets for so long. The book reproduces A Part Song, a profoundly moving document of grieving and loss, and one of the most widely admired long poems of recent years. Elsewhere these poems become a space for contemplation of the natural world and of physical law, and for the deep consideration of what it is to invoke those who are absent. But finally, they extend our sense of what the act of human speech can ... Read more
Say Something Back will allow readers to see just why the name of Denise Riley has been held in such high regard by her fellow poets for so long. The book reproduces A Part Song, a profoundly moving document of grieving and loss, and one of the most widely admired long poems of recent years. Elsewhere these poems become a space for contemplation of the natural world and of physical law, and for the deep consideration of what it is to invoke those who are absent. But finally, they extend our sense of what the act of human speech can ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Picador
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447270379
SKU
9781447270379
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About Denise Riley
Denise Riley is a critically acclaimed writer of both philosophy and poetry. She is currently Professor of the History of Ideas and of Poetry at UEA. Her visiting positions have included A.D. White Professor at Cornell University in the US, Writer in Residence at the Tate Gallery in London, and Visiting Fellow at Birkbeck College in the University of London. ... Read more
Reviews for Say Something Back
The best thing I've read in ages.
Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent She's one of the best poets around
Simon Armitage Denise Riley's collection Say Something Back , which includes her heart-piercing elegy to her son Jacob, 'A Part Song': the most powerful contemporary poem I've read in years.
Robert Macfarlane I have been a ... Read more
Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent She's one of the best poets around
Simon Armitage Denise Riley's collection Say Something Back , which includes her heart-piercing elegy to her son Jacob, 'A Part Song': the most powerful contemporary poem I've read in years.
Robert Macfarlane I have been a ... Read more