Imagining Helen Thomas by Charlotte Hodes
And You, Helen explores the widowhood of Helen Thomas, wife of war poet Edward Thomas, and by implications war widows generally. Deryn Rees-Jones's long poem is accompanied by a meditation on Helen, illustrated by Charlotte Hodes's collages.
Deryn Rees-Jones was born in Liverpool, and educated in North Wales and London. She is the author of 7 collections of poetry including ‘The Memory Tray’ (1995) which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. She has twice been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize with her collections ‘Burying the Wren’ (2012) and ‘Erato’ (2019) which were also Poetry Book Society Recommendations. She edited the influential anthology ‘Modern Women Poets’ for Bloodaxe. She has received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors and was picked as one of the top ten women poets of the decade in Mslexia magazine. She is Professor of Poetry at the University of Liverpool where she co-directs the Centre for New and International Writing, and edits the Pavilion Poetry Series for Liverpool University Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781721728 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781721726 |
| Title | Imagining Helen Thomas |
| Author | Deryn Rees-Jones |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Poetry Wales Press |
| Year published | 2014-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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