Description
Journeys Across Breath collects poems from the extraordinary career of one of the UK's most significant poets, Stephen Watts. Gathering all of Watts' published works between 1975 and 2005 - as well as a number of unpublished pieces appearing here for the very first time - this collection is an astonishing journey through the life and eyes of a remarkable writer of people and place.
This long-awaited volume presents the breadth of Watts' writing, from early prose poems, through long narrative sequences, fragmentary episodes, and later poetic meditations - all in Watts' unmistakable voice. A writer of both the intensely personal and deeply-felt universal, Watts' poetry charts familial histories, friendships, and encounters, set in both remote, rural landscapes across Europe and the changing, urban environs of East London.
Burley Fisher Book of the Year 2022
About the Author
Stephen Watts is a poet and translator born in London in 1952, where he lives and works. He has published seven books of poetry, including Republic of Dogs / Republic of Birds (Test Centre, 2016; Prototype, 2020), Ancient Sunlight (Enitharmon, 2014), Gramsci & Caruso(MilleGru, Monza, 2014), and The Blue Bag (Aark Arts, 2004). The Republics, a film directed by Huw Wahl based on Republic Of Dogs / Republic Of Birds, premiered in 2020. Since 1980, Watts has compiled an ongoing Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913513313
Author Stephen Watts
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Prototype Publishing Ltd.
Publisher Prototype Publishing Ltd.
