Expanded Universes

by Christopher Reid

A selection of poetry includes works from the author's critically acclaimed Universes, as well as new works that deal with the last surviving sphynx, an angel's wingbone, Gertrude Stein's unknown sister, and the behavior of two loud-mouthed dogs. Original. IP.

Genres: Poetry

55 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Christopher Reid, FRSL is a Hong Kong-born British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards in 1996 and in 1997. A contemporary of Martin Amis, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is one of the exponents of Martian poetry which employs unusual metaphors to render everyday experiences and objects unfamiliar. He has worked as poetry editor at Faber and Faber and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Hull. In January 2010 he was awarded the 2009 Costa Book Award for A Scattering, written as a tribute to his late wife, the actress Lucinda Gane. The work won in the poetry category, and overall Best Book of the Year, becoming the first poet to take the overall prize since Seamus Heaney in 1999.