Description
In Spills Angela Leighton combines poetry, memoir, libretto, short story, prose-poetry and translation, slipping between genres while hearing the conversations between them. 'You start from who you are, and walk and walk', she writes, in the spirit of free-voyaging that defines this collection. The prose tells, semi-fictionally, of the poet's life as the daughter of a composer-father and Italian mother, a life split between languages and places, north and south, often among curious and memorable characters. The poems address related themes of place and language, war and peace, the landscape of southern Italy and the Christian story of the Passion. The conversations between different forms and motifs are a result of Leighton's approach to writing almost as a strain of musical composition. The writing is often about music, but it is also a search for music in writing. The collection closes with a significant new body of translations and adaptations of the Sicilian poet Leonardo Sciascia, Spills's luminous other voice, 'seeking its own heart of music'
*Leighton is half English and Italian, and Jewish*Daughter of the famous prize-winning composer Kenneth Leighton*Also includes English translations of the work of Sicilian poet and politician Leonardo Sciascia who openly wrote about the corruption of Sicilian government during the mid-late 20th century*Leighton's poem 'Windfall' was featured as The Guardian's 'Poem of the Week' and she has been published in The New Yorker
About the Author
Angela Leighton taught for many years at the University of Hull. She is now Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has published books and essays on nineteenth and twentieth-century literature, including "On Form: Poetry, Aestheticism, and the Legacy of a Word," as well as three volumes of poetry: " A Cold Spell" (2000), "Sea Level" (2007) and "The Messages" (2012). Her poems have appeared in many magazines in Britain and America, and some have been set to music."
Reviews
'Leighton's language is surprisingly meaty. This is attentive, sure-footed poetry.' - The Guardian; 'An original poet who may come to be an important one.' - The Times; 'The density of Angela Leighton's poetry is of the best kind.' - The TLS
Book Information
ISBN 9781847772251
Author Angela Leighton
Format Paperback
Page Count 82
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
*Leighton is half English and Italian, and Jewish*Daughter of the famous prize-winning composer Kenneth Leighton*Also includes English translations of the work of Sicilian poet and politician Leonardo Sciascia who openly wrote about the corruption of Sicilian government during the mid-late 20th century*Leighton's poem 'Windfall' was featured as The Guardian's 'Poem of the Week' and she has been published in The New Yorker
About the Author
Angela Leighton taught for many years at the University of Hull. She is now Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. She has published books and essays on nineteenth and twentieth-century literature, including "On Form: Poetry, Aestheticism, and the Legacy of a Word," as well as three volumes of poetry: " A Cold Spell" (2000), "Sea Level" (2007) and "The Messages" (2012). Her poems have appeared in many magazines in Britain and America, and some have been set to music."
Reviews
'Leighton's language is surprisingly meaty. This is attentive, sure-footed poetry.' - The Guardian; 'An original poet who may come to be an important one.' - The Times; 'The density of Angela Leighton's poetry is of the best kind.' - The TLS
Book Information
ISBN 9781847772251
Author Angela Leighton
Format Paperback
Page Count 82
Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
