Backpockets

by Denise Riley

Backpockets is a story about the simple joys and pleasures in a little boys life. It is a time of childhood innocence that expresses a young boy's imagination and excitement with the simple props of nature. It is about memorable moments filled with the eagerness and the freshness of youth.

24 pages, Paperback

Published May 31, 2016

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.