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The book captures the creative exchange between poets Alvin Pang and George Szirtes during the isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic. As they navigate the challenges of life and time, their correspondence evolves into a poetic dialogue that addresses pressing global issues, including the Black Lives Matter movement, Brexit, and the conflict in Ukraine. Through their friendship and shared experiences, they explore the complexities of the human condition, using language as a means to connect and reflect on a rapidly changing world.

Exploring themes of necessity and the various obstacles that hinder it, this poetry collection delves into complex emotions such as exile, distance, and identity. The poems confront haunting feelings and despair, reflecting on the challenges faced in the pursuit of fulfillment and understanding.

George Szirtes fled from Budapest with his family after the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Many of these poems relate to his arrival in England as a young child, and to the themes of identity, memory, belonging, war, and upheaval, with a sequence on living now in a country under siege from coronavirus.

This book is a collaboration between visual artist Clarissa Upchurch and poet George Szirtes. Upchurch's images came first and the text followed based on free interpretations in the form of cinquains combined with prose poems. The thirty visual works here are all based on monoprints, a process whereby ink is printed directly from freshly painted metal surface, so each printed image is unique. It offers painterly effects hard to achieve by other printing methods. The cinquain is a poetic form invented by the American poet Adelaide Crapsey (1878-1914). It consists of five lines that break down into a syllabic pattern of 2-4-6-8-2. The effect can be that of the breath expanding for the first four lines then being let out in the fifth.

A poet's memoir of his mother that flows backwards through time, and excavates a shard of European history - a deeply honest, tender and yet unsentimental autobiographical journey.

George Szirtes, unter anderem mit dem T. S. Eliot Preis ausgezeichnet, ist eine der wichtigsten Stimmen in der englischen Gegenwartslyrik. Der Gedichtzyklus „Bücherverbrennung“ stellt eine virtuose und sprachgewaltige Variation über Elias Canettis Roman „Die Blendung“ dar. Szirtes, der wie Canetti aus einer osteuropäischen jüdischen Familie stammt und wie dieser als Flüchtling nach London kam, greift in seinen Gedichten das Roman-Motiv des aufkeimenden Faschismus in Wien auf. In surrealen und rasenden Sprachkaskaden lässt er die drohende Apokalypse einer Feuersbrunst auflodern, in der am Ende Bücher und Menschen in Flammen stehen. Dies ist George Szirtes’ erster Gedichtband in deutscher Übersetzung.

George Szirtes' ingenious project of subjecting thirty canonical poets to a high-intensity workout provides brilliant and often hilarious results. From Dylan Thomas falling off the treadmill after too much apple juice to Sylvia Plath's furious tirade against her sports shoes, the collection is a delicious roller coaster of high and low comedy. Written in the style of the poets themselves, the collection shows Szirtes at his most versatile and entertaining

A wonderfully inventive poetry collection for younger readers from a multi- award winning, internationally acclaimed poet

New collection of poems set in the Delta, with The Yellow Room at its core, a sequence of mirror poems contemplating the Jewishness of the poet's father.

Featuring a diverse collection of contemporary British prose poetry, this anthology showcases the work of notable writers including George Szirtes, Luke Kennard, and Carrie Etter. Each piece explores unique themes and styles, reflecting the vibrant landscape of modern poetic expression. The contributors bring their distinctive voices, offering readers an engaging journey through innovative language and thought-provoking imagery. This compilation serves as a testament to the richness of prose poetry in Britain today.