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The Knot
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Published January 1, 1990
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Ruth Fainlight
59 books6 followersRuth Fainlight is a poet, short story writer, translator and librettist.
Fainlight was born in New York, but has mainly lived in England since she was fifteen, having also spent some years living in France and Spain. In addition to her own works, Fainlight has also provided criticism for BBC Radio, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and numerous other publications.
She was married to the British writer Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010) and has a daughter, Susan and a son, David who is a photographer for The Guardian. She lives in London.
She has twice been Poet in Residence at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Fainlight was born in New York, but has mainly lived in England since she was fifteen, having also spent some years living in France and Spain. In addition to her own works, Fainlight has also provided criticism for BBC Radio, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and numerous other publications.
She was married to the British writer Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010) and has a daughter, Susan and a son, David who is a photographer for The Guardian. She lives in London.
She has twice been Poet in Residence at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
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March 4, 2025
Surprised myself how much I'm enjoying poetry. I love the ones about places and objects more than the deeper ones (so I guess literary still lifes?). Fainlight is masterful in cultivating a such a vivid evocation of her subjects through her writing.
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