The Door to Colour by Myra Schneider
Myra Schneider s new collection of poetry brings a fresh sense of reality to some well-known images. Color is the keynote of the book, moving through Matisse, Hockney, and Chagall. Sound is explored too, in Mahler and Beethoven. Often we find skin-deep assumptions turned around: the gold of ancient Crete is not its jewelry but olives; a postbox s bright exterior conceals menace; a major 20th-century artist only started painting by chance at the age of 20; and the long poem Minotaur makes it clear that the Minotaur is no monster, Theseus no hero. Focusing on art and myth, this collection is deeply attentive to women s concerns and experiences.
"Myra Schneider has become an essential poetNobody else manages her fusion of the domestic and the global as well. Nobody else manages her fusion of the sensual and the spiritual as well." --"ACUMEN "
Myra Schneider spent most of her childhood on the Firth of Clyde, lived in Chichester during her teens and has lived in London since she went to University. She is the author of four poetry collections by Littlewood Press, three novels for children and teenagers by Heinemann and six collections by Enitharmon Press: Exits (1994), The Panic Bird (1998), Insisting on Yellow (2000), Multiplying The Moon (2004), Circling The Core (2008) and The Door to Colour (2014). Her poem Goulash from this book was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem, 2007. Second Light Publications published her long narrative poem, Becoming in 2007. Writing for Self-Discovery co-written with John Killick was published by Element Books in 1997. Writing My Way Through Cancer, her fleshed-out diary with poem notes, poems and therapeutic writing ideas was published by Jessica Kingsley in 2003. Writing Your Self, a resource book of personal writing co-written with John Killick was published by Continuum International in 2009. Myra has co-edited four anthologies of poetry by contemporary women poets. She is an experienced writing tutor and works as a core tutor for The Poetry School. She is consultant to the Second Light Network of women poets. She taught literacy and communication to severely disabled adults at a day centre for many years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781907587511 |
| ISBN 10 | 1907587519 |
| Title | The Door to Colour |
| Author | Myra Schneider |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Enitharmon Press |
| Year published | 2014-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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