{"product_id":"lives-of-the-female-poets-9781780377476","title":"Lives of the Female Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Pollard thumbs her nose at Dr Johnson's all-male \u003ci\u003eLives of the Poets\u003c\/i\u003e in chronicling her own life and theirs in her \u003ci\u003eLives of the Female Poets\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese portraits and self portraits offer glimpses into the poet's own everyday life - from nit-combing and laundry to pollen counts and cocktails, watching school plays to shopping on Rye Lane - all whilst in conversation with female poets through the ages. Playing with forms from the version to the \u003ci\u003eglosa\u003c\/i\u003e, these are poems that remix, adapt and channel figures from Enheduanna, the first recorded poet, through to Wanda Coleman. Probing the idea of the 'Poetess' over time, there are also poems about writers' lives - sonnets for Anne Locke, who wrote the first English sonnet sequence; a sestina for Elizabeth Bishop; a series of prose poems about Emily Brontë; and a look at the tragic life of L.E.L. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether imagining a 'three-martini afternoon' at the Ritz with Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, or exploring the ways women writers have been erased from the canon in the book's long, closing poem, Clare Pollard's playful sixth collection celebrates and commemorates all those female poets who have come before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clare Pollard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2025 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClare Pollard\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Bolton in 1978 and lives in London. She is a poet, editor and translator and has published five collections with Bloodaxe: \u003ci\u003eThe Heavy-Petting Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), which she wrote while still at school; \u003ci\u003eBedtime\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); \u003ci\u003eLook, Clare! Look!\u003c\/i\u003e (2005); \u003ci\u003eChangeling\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), a Poetry Book Society Recommendation, \u003ci\u003eIncarnation\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eLives of the Female Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (2025). She has also written an illustrated book for children, non-fiction and two novels for adults. Her debut novel \u003ci\u003eDelphi\u003c\/i\u003e (Fig Tree, 2022; Avid Reader, US, 2022) has been translated into German, Dutch and Spanish. She won the Tadeusz Bradecki Prize in 2025 for her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Fairies\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), an award given to works that combine storytelling fiction and non-fiction in original ways, encompassing a range of artistic genres, disciplines, cultures and subjects. Clare Pollard was Editor of \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e from 2017 to 2022 and was appointed Artistic Director of the Winchester Poetry Festival in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Clare Pollard \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47449658425501,"sku":"9781780377476","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d99cafc1-7711-475d-8e4f-08eeab2e9139.jpg?v=1764248078","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/lives-of-the-female-poets-9781780377476","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}