Jutland brings together two contrasting poem sequences by 'this brilliant lyricist of human darkness' (Fiona Sampson), Advice on Wearing Animal Prints, winner of the Michael Marks Poetry Award, and Sunday Afternoons at the Gravel-pits. Like all of Selima Hill's work, both sequences chart 'extreme ex[...]
Selima Hill's poetry has been called wanton, wildly imaginative, tender, intelligent, dangerous, defiant, subversive and startling. All these qualities are strongly present throughout "Gloria", a comprehensive selection drawn from ten formally diverse and thematically unified collections, each offer[...]
Selima Hill ble født i London i 1945.I en årrekke skrev hun bare for notatboken sin uten å ville dele det hun skrev med noen. Hun skilte skarpt mellom sin indre "skriveverden" og det som skjedde henne ute i verden.Først etter at hun var godt voksen, begynte hun å sende enkeltdikt inn til avise[...]
Selima Hills poesi har bland mycket annat kallats lekfull, vildsint, påhittig, farlig, konspiratorisk, trotsig, galen, förfärligt eftertänksam, ömsint, intelligent, övermodig, subversiv och överrumplande. Hon tilldelar jordiska ting en överspänd, förvirrad glans.
Selima Hills hu[...]