Shakespeare's sonnets of 1609 are as thrilling and persuasive today as they were when they were first published. In a series of short commentaries, placed alongside the sonnets themselves, this work explains the inner workings of these poems: their hidden structures and techniques, their narratives [...]
Since his debut, Nil Nil, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1993, Don Paterson has lit up the poetry scene in the U.K. His dazzling, intensely lyric and luminous verse has delighted readers ever since, and won many awards along the way. God's Gift Women took the T. S. Eliot Prize in[...]