The Hard Word Box by Sarah Hesketh

The Hard Word Box by Sarah Hesketh

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In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination.

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The Hard Word Box by Sarah Hesketh

In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and imagination.
Sarah Hesketh is a poet and freelance project manager. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from UEA and her work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies including The White Review, Soundings, Catechism: Poems for Pussy Riot and Binders Full of Women. In 2007 her collaboration with composer Alastair Caplin was performed at the Leeds Lieder Festival. Her first collection of poetry, Napoleon's Travelling Bookshelf, was published by Penned in the Margins in 2009. In 2013-14 she was a poet in residence with Age Concern Central Lancashire.
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ISBN 13 9781908058225
ISBN 10 1908058226
Title The Hard Word Box
Author Sarah Hesketh
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penned in the Margins
Year published 2014-12-05
Number of pages 87
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.