Dark Glasses

by Blake Morrison

Genres: Poetry

79 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Blake Morrison was educated at Nottingham University, McMaster University and University College, London. After working for the Times Literary Supplement, he went on to become literary editor of both The Observer and the Independent on Sunday before becoming a full-time writer in 1995.

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and former Chair of the Poetry Book Society and Vice-Chair of PEN, Blake has written fiction, poetry, journalism, literary criticism and libretti, as well as adapting plays for the stage. His best-known works are probably his two memoirs, "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" and "Things My Mother Never Told Me."

Since 2003, Blake has been Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College. He lives in south London, with his wife and three children.

Reviews

[Rebecca]

I read all but the final and longest poem, “The Inquisitor,” so about 50 out of 79 pages. I have trouble remembering now what the book is about, beyond, well, everything: life, family, seasons, choices, regrets. “A Child in Winter,” about adjusting to having a new baby, stood out most to me: “Little one, limpet, / resented stranger, / who has no time for me / and does not know time”. I’ve now read Morrison’s work in memoir, fiction and poetry and find him enviably accomplished in each genre.