Poets on Writing: Britain, 1970–1991

by Denise Riley (Editor)

A collection of essays and some related poems by almost 30 contemporary poets who have worked for years outside the "mainstream" of British publishing. Many are or have been small-press publishers and editors too.

303 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 1992

About the author

Denise Riley (born 1948) is an English poet and philosopher who began to be published in the 1970s.

Her poetry is remarkable for its paradoxical interrogation of selfhood within the lyric mode. Her critical writings on motherhood, women in history, "identity", and philosophy of language, are recognised as an important contribution to feminism and contemporary philosophy. She was Professor of Literature with Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and is currently A.D. White Professor-at-large at Cornell University. She was formerly Writer in Residence at Tate Gallery London, and has held fellowships at Brown University and at Birkbeck, University of London. Among her poetry publications is Penguin Modern Poets 10, with Douglas Oliver and Iain Sinclair (1996). She lives in London.

Reviews

[Caspar "moved to storygraph" Bryant]

odd little piece, picked up from the lib because 1) faith in denise riley 2) wsg on cover .... it's a sort of time capsule of uk poetry in the early 90s, & not an especially encouraging one. there's your eye roll GUY who will tell you that poetry is a quest for truth (I am not exaggerating), there's john wilkinson doing whatever he does, neon mischief, losing me. Also when there is poetry to break things up it looks quite bad. maybe too too dated now so i blame myself. an Unnecessary essay on prynne. another on Olson & the Maya... It makes you almost wish for a new generation huh

I liked peter riley's little borgesian narrative! a midpoint highlight! It's clear he just looked at this & said ok will vibe. hm