Journals

by R.F. Langley

R.F. Langley's 'Collected Poems' (Carcanet, 2000) was one of the poetic highlights of recent times, showing a sometimes sceptical public that a contemporary poet could still engage with the shades of Modernism and produce fascinating and original work. Throughout his life, the author has been maintaining a journal, which is part diary, part autobiography and part commonplace book; some extracts from these fascinating volumes have been appearing in 'P N Review' since 2002. This book offers a number of selections, ranging in time from 1970 to 2005, which will give admirers of his poetry a clearer idea of the author's other writings, which run in parallel with his poetry and sometimes provide the underpinnings for it.

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2006

Reviews

[Camille Dime · Rating 4 out of 5]

I lost it twice so I had to buy 3 copies but other than that it was cute and I wrote my essay on it because his son's office is next to Mathews' and Julia likes him

[Chloe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shouldn't have added this to my currently reading shelf really as it's more a book to dip in and out of. Langley's writing is gorgeous as you would expect from a poet, but there's not really any coherence to the separate journal entries (which makes sense, I suppose).

[Mario Dhingsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential reading for all R.F. Langley fans. 'Journals' is enlightening, poetic, and very funny (just like the man himself). Favourite character: R.F. Langley :-)