| On the Way to Work Contributor(s): Davidson, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848615620 ISBN-13: 9781848615625 Publisher: Shearsman Books OUR PRICE: $10.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Physical Information: 0.08" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.12 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These poems were written on the way to work, walking the two and a half miles from near Saltwell Park in Gateshead to Northumbria University in Newcastle. The journey took me through Gateshead's residential streets, its town centre and over the Tyne, often by the High Level Bridge. I'd try to write something in my head every day before I got to work, while still free of the numbing rush of its demands. Sometimes a whole poem would appear, at other times one or two words or lines would shift and repeat through seemingly endless variations, refusing to settle. |
Contributor Bio(s): Davidson, Ian: - Ian Davidson's most recent publications are The Tyne and Wear Poems (Red Squirrel Press 2014) and In Agitation (KFS 2014). Gateshead and Back is forthcoming from Crater. Three full length collections are available from Shearsman; At a Stretch (2004), As if Only (2007) and Partly in Riga (2010). Recent critical work includes essays and reviews on the work of Diane di Prima, Allen Fisher and George and Mary Oppen. He is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. |