Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English Faraj Bou al-Isha Kathleen Jamie

Kathleen Jamie

James Wilkes

Here it is always the poem that matters (although the essays are alert to social

Mark Granier weighs what he experiences with truthfulness

He provides a frank and vivid account of the many-sided realities of life as a West Indian in Britain in the 20th century

Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English Faraj Bou al-Isha Kathleen JamieThree years in the making, and with over 250 contributors, this generous selection of poetry by women with an emphasis on twentieth century poetry in English features poets from the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, and New Zealand. In these 'Post Feminist' times, is there a need for such a book? Is the literary establishment still as dominated by men as it once was? Who gets to decide the canon? Eva Salzman opens Women's Work