A Chorus of Ears Scarlet Tanager

A Chorus of Ears Scarlet TanagerDenise Riley One of the most eloquent thinkers about our life in language The Sunday Times A Chorus of Ears is a series of essays on voice, lyric and the persona of the poet from one of our greatest living English poets. Denise Riley contemplates how a poet's public persona can hold more significance than their actual poetry in the modern literary world. She reflects on how prize culture can transform criticism into a beauty contest, and limit our

labour and suffering

Celan speaks with a quiet authority that insists on the centrality of poetry in the modern world

and with keen and insightful language

Er is nog niets aan de hand

both new and familiar readers

Het is een bundel om bij stil te staan of juist in verder te gaan

en dat heeft zijn poëzie wonderlijk fris gehouden

' - Kimberly Grey

notities en verlangende kattebelletjes

singing the ‘sad wet’ eclipse of a (celestial) body electric

At turns lyrical

A new long poem for half a voice on the subject of despised knowledge and political invisibility