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U. A. Fanthorpe was that rarest of literary beings, a poet who was hugely popular with the general public and at the same time very seriously regarded by fellow poets and literary critics for her originality, wit and humanity. Since her death, much of her work has been out of print. Selected Poems, chosen from over thirty years of Fanthorpe's distinctive and accessible writing by her partner R V Bailey, will delight all her existing fans as well as those who come to her poems for the first time.

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STEPHEN FRY: The peerless U. A. Fanthorpe roots herself in the very earth of English poetry, connecting herself to Hughes and Browning, but also and more pertinently to the real experience of English living... so clear-eyed and so, well, completely poetic. CAROL ANN DUFFY: U. A. Fanthorpe was that rarest of beings, a poet who was hugely popular with the general public at the same time as being very seriously regarded by fellow poets and literary critics for her originality, wit and humanity ... I am only one of many poets who owe her a great debt and who is glad, always, to have her wonderful, warm, wise poems close.

Selected Poems

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      Publisher Enitharmon Press
      Published 1 October 2013
      ISBN-13 9781907587269
      978-1907587269
      ISBN-10 1907587268
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      Book Synopsis
      U. A. Fanthorpe was that rarest of literary beings, a poet who was hugely popular with the general public and at the same time very seriously regarded by fellow poets and literary critics for her originality, wit and humanity. Since her death, much of her work has been out of print. Selected Poems, chosen from over thirty years of Fanthorpe's distinctive and accessible writing by her partner R V Bailey, will delight all her existing fans as well as those who come to her poems for the first time.

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      STEPHEN FRY: The peerless U. A. Fanthorpe roots herself in the very earth of English poetry, connecting herself to Hughes and Browning, but also and more pertinently to the real experience of English living... so clear-eyed and so, well, completely poetic. CAROL ANN DUFFY: U. A. Fanthorpe was that rarest of beings, a poet who was hugely popular with the general public at the same time as being very seriously regarded by fellow poets and literary critics for her originality, wit and humanity ... I am only one of many poets who owe her a great debt and who is glad, always, to have her wonderful, warm, wise poems close.

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