The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 2
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
Poetry
The Skin of Chaos: The Letters of Adonis and Adel Abdessemed, pt. 1
Presented exclusively by YUP in anticipation of the publication of Adonis’ newest book, Concerto al-Quds, We are delighted to…
Shakespeare – The Poet of Them All
April 2016 marks 400 years since the death of Shakespeare, one of the greatest and most renowned poets…
Celebrating Poets: The Yale Younger Poets prize
World Poetry Day, on 21 March, is an event organised by the United Nations to ‘recognise the unique…
Wilfred Owen and the notion of chivalry
One of Britain’s best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) was killed at the age of 25…
World Poetry Day
Yale University Press, London are proud to support UNESCO World Poetry Day, an event that recognises the unique…
Introduction to Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the…
What is Literature?
John Sutherland’s ‘Little History’ tackles a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to…
Asymptote Journal interviews Can Xue: Author of ‘Five Spice Street’
Can Xue, meaning ‘dirty snow, leftover snow’, is the pseudonym of Deng Xiaohua, author of many novels and…
An Animated World: Interview with Poet Arda Collins
Arda Collins is the 2008 winner of the annual ‘Yale Series of Younger Poets’ competition. Mesmerizing and electric,…
Author Interview: Sue Prideaux on August Strindberg and his Enduring Significance
Novelist, satirist, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist and hellraiser – August Strindberg was all these, and yet he is…
Translating the Poetry of Kabbalah: Author interview with Peter Cole
Peter Cole’s brand new work of translation, The Poetry of Kabbalah, is the first every English-language collection of poems from the…
Writing the Biography of a Genius: Extract from ‘Joseph Brodsky, A Literary Life’ by Lev Loseff
Joseph Brodsky: A Literary Life (out now in paperback) is an intimate, penetrating study of the great Russian…
Will Schutt wins the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012
Will Schutt has been awarded the Yale Younger Poets Prize 2012. Schutt’s volume Westerly will be published in…
A Tribute to Adonis: Award-winning Syrian poet visits the UK for exhibition and literary events
Adonis, the Goethe prize-winning Syrian poet who was widely tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011, is…
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