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By Elizabeth Barrett

The Bat Detector

Elizabeth Barrett has a right to melancholy but does not claim it [her poems] are full of a controlled emotion which in lesser talents too easily tips into stale rhetoric or sentimentality. In Barrett there is honesty, never self-pity.”(prop)

“This poet reassures us of her ability – her quality – as a writer, the minute we begin to read. The language is natural and easy. We are listening to a friend confiding in us, enthralling us, over a cup of coffee. All our concerns, all our common, but individual experiences of contemporary living are mirrored here in these well wrought verse-tales. After reading these poems you will feel that you are Elizabeth Barrett’s most intimate friend. Not only is it the sureness of this poetry that convinces me that it is the work of a significant voice, but also its range… Humanity, intelligence and a perceptive honesty about herself and the world are her characteristics. And while the poems have a universality they are not a-sexual – they could only have been written by a woman, and go deep into the subjective and objective preoccupations of that sexual definition, but not predictably. Female readers of this book will understand; male readers will be informed and quite probably seduced.” – Kevin Bailey, HQ Magazine

£7.95

Poetry

Additional Information

Weight .210 kg

Product Detail

  • Pages : 138
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Publisher : Wrecking Ball Press
  • ISBN : 0-903110-27-0
  • Dimensions : 210x148x11mm
  • Released : 2005

About The Author

Author

Elizabeth Barrett lives in Sheffield with her children, Dylan and Isis. She is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, Co-ordinator of Creative Writing at The Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Sheffield, and Co-Editor of Staple, an international magazine of poetry and short fiction. She is currently working on a collaborative project with Robin Ireland, viola player with the world-famous Lindsay String Quartet. Robin and Elizabeth released a CD of The Bat Detector, featuring original compositions by Robin, in 2006.