Poems 19881998 which selects from three earlier volumes. Really great books about cancer, the ones that offer new perspectives and change the language with which we discuss the disease, are even rarer. Jo shapcott jump to media player as part of his series of meeting the shortlisted authors for the costa book of the year award, the bbcs nick higham has spoken to jo shapcott. Les murray, translations from the natural world manchester. The poem phrase book was written in early 1991 in response to operation desert storm, part of the first gulf war. Oct 20, 2014 too many of the best cells in my body are itching, feeling jagged, turning raw in this spring chill.
Phrase book by jo shapcott provides the reader with the broken, emotionally distorted narrative of a woman watching the gulf war on tv. This is a special recording made of a reading given by the forward prize and costa book awardwinner jo shapcott. Of mutability eleven years ago, jo shapcott was diagnosed with breast cancer. Sophie hannah, rondeau redouble, leaving and leaving you manchester. Can you talk a little bit to begin with about your involvement in projects which aim to bring together scientists and poets. The title phrasebook makes us think of a list of language terms needed by someone who is visiting another country as a tourist, rather than getting to know it well.
Poems from her three awardwinning collections, electroplating the baby 1988, phrase book 1992 and my life asleep 1998. Electroplating the baby 1988, which won the commonwealth poetry prize for best first collection, phrase book 1992, and my life asleep 1998, which won the forward poetry prize best collection. How to explain this and the construction of disability in. Yellow smoke hangs over the bridge at mostar and someone has taken huge bites out of the town, chewed up apartment blocks. I began reading the book as news about it was beginning to spread. Phrase book this poem contains phrases from two sources. Recipient of the queens gold medal for poetry, jo shapcott is professor of creative writing at royal holloway college. Helen chadwick its as easy to make an antibubble in your own kitchen as it is to open up a crease in language and reveal what you couldnt say yesterday. She is professor of creative writing at royal holloway college, university of london, where she teaches on the ma in creative writing. This workshop is now full workshop with jo shapcott on saturday 25 january 2020, 10. All areas of the gallery are accessible and there are several parking bays on denmark road for disabled visitors. Why do you think there is a growing interest in projects of this kind. It aims to provide you with examples of some of the phraseological nuts and bolts of writing organised according to the main sections of a research paper or dissertation see the top menu.
Electroplating the baby 1988 which won the commonwealth poetry prize, phrase book 1992 and my life asleep 1998 which won the forward poetry prize. Free event at the whitworth art gallery, manchester on saturday 25 january 2020 at 2. In 2011, jo shapcott was awarded the queens gold medal for poetry. She is the current president of the poetry society. Shapcotts variation on schoenbergs orchestration of bachs prelude and fugue in e flat major, st anne prom 24. Jan 05, 2006 features a compendium from jo shapcott s awardwinning books electroplating the baby, phrase book and my life asleep. Her work has been awarded the forward prize, a cholmondeley award and her latest book of poems, of mutability, was overall winner of. Jo shapcotts awardwinning first three collections, gathered in her book. Jo shapcott, winner of the costa book of the year award for of mutability, talks to sarah crown about the experience with breast cancer which informs these poems. Its the queens birthday and we know the stars are flowers in reality because today flowers are everywhere for her.
The books achievement is to transform the vocabulary of discussions of cancer without. Edmund prestwich blog archive jo shapcott, of mutability. Jo s poem phrase book is currently in the ocrs gcse poetry anthology. The books achievement is to transform the vocabulary of discussions of cancer without ever using the word itself, whilst paying scrupulous attention to its effects on both mind and body. Some of its poems hauntingly evoke unease, fear and loss. Her most recent, of mutability, was published in 2010 and won the costa book award.
Workshop with jo shapcott on saturday 25 january 2020, 10. She has won a number of literary prizes including the commonwealth writers prize for best first collection, the forward prize for best collection and the national poetry. What struck me about the book, and why it will go on being so special, is the deliberate and cool detachment with which it is written. Poems 19881998 2000, consists of a selection of poetry from her three earlier collections. Jo shapcott, phrase book oxford university press, 1992, p. In phrase book, wordsworth and goethe and byron turn up in a poem called on tour in which the speaker meets them as she. Poems 19881998 is a compendium from jo shapcott s awardwinning books electroplating the baby, phrase book and my life asleep. In this new book, she calls on a host of different voices to offer their witty and sharply ironic views on the modern world. Jo shapcott reading at the shifting territories conference, 22 may 20.
Over the two days, we encountered work from rumi to jo shapcott. Wordsworth, goethe, rilke all pop up in your second book,phrase book. How to explain this and the construction of disability in british. Shapcotts monologues in phrase book are a fascinating means of exploring these tensions, allowing the poet to muse directly on her relation to the patriarchal literary tradition. Jo shapcott jo shapcott literature and science hub. It reveals her to be a writer of ingenious, politically acute and provocative imagination and justifies her reputation as one of the most original and daring voices of her generation. This work reveals her to be a writer of ingenious, politically acute and provocative imagination and justifies her reputation as one of the most original and daring voices of her generation. Jo shapcott won the national poetry competition in 1985 and 1991. Shapcotts voice relishes the sensuality of her work, exploring it with the rangy, longlegged brio which one critic described as her characteristic tone. Jo shapcott war and peace the woods of normandy are hot with stars underfoot, resistance and memory. Poems from her three awardwinning collections, electroplating the baby, phrase book and my life asleep are gathered in selected poems, her book. Jo shapcotts awardwinning first book, electroplating the baby, established her as an important member of the younger generation of poets. Poems from her three awardwinning collections, electroplating the baby 1988, phrase book. Twice winner of the national poetry competition, she has published seven collections with faber including her book.
Poems from her three awardwinning collections, electroplating the baby 1988, phrase book 1992 and my life asleep 1998 are gathered in a selected poems, her book 2000. Her book tender taxes, a collection of versions of rainer maria rilkes poems in french, was published in 2002. My life asleep 1999, winner of the foreward poetry prize. The narrator is reading a number of phrases given in the book but she doesnt understand them. Shapcott further explores the question of poetic inheritance and its relation to a womans voice in the windows, a selection of her translations of les fenetres. Poems from her three awardwinning collections, electroplating the baby 1988, phrase book 1992 and my life asleep 1998 are. She is the author of ten books of poetry, including of mutability 2010, winner of the costa book award. Jo shapcott was born in london, educated at trinity college, dublin, and st hildas college, oxford, and later won a harkness fellowship to harvard university.
Mar 02, 2011 jo shapcotts of mutability is one of these books. Jan 27, 2011 a lot of things jostle in my notebook, things that i have overheard, or heard about, says the poet jo shapcott, the morning after winning this years costa book of the year, and still. She won a national poetry in 1985, before she had even released a poetry book. She has won a number of literary prizes including the commonwealth writers prize for best first collection, the forward prize for best. She sent her antiwar poem phrase book, written about the gulf war, to the cabinet office along with a letter. Complete analysis of phrase book by jo shapcott poem analysis.
Too many of the best cells in my body are itching, feeling jagged, turning raw in this spring chill. Deft i made a conscious decision in 1988 not to represent my bodyit immediately declares female gender and i wanted to be more deft. Im standing here inside my skin, which will do for a human remains pouch. Teachers and students have been writing in with questions, so here are some thoughts about the poem, in case they help. Shapcotts most recent collection, of mutability, was published in 2010 and won the costa book award.
A thesis submitted to the university of manchester for the. Jo shapcott, of mutability third year poetry project. Jo shapcott was born and continues to live in london. Discover book depositorys huge selection of jo shapcott books online. I made a conscious decision in 1988 not to represent my bodyit immediately declares female gender and i wanted to be more deft. What is astonishing is how often the same poems, looked at from another angle, twinkle with humour, playfulness and resilient vitality. How susan wicks and jo shapcott typify the new generations attention to body and difference a thesis submitted to the university of manchester for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the faculty of humanities 2018 eleanor c. She has won many prizes for her work, including the forward poetry prize for best collection, the costa book award and, on two occasions, the national poetry competition.
How susan wicks and jo shapcott typify the new generations. Theres this electricity that surges between the writer, the book and the. The academic phrasebank is a general resource for academic writers. Jo has many other publications to her name, including tender taxes, her lively versions of rilke. The first is a 1950s italianenglish phrasebook, though the language doesnt matter, i just found the chaotic world of the phrasebook very attractive and i recognised it i am lost, where is my passport. Part of the the history of british womens writing book series hbww. She was educated at various institutions, including trinity college in dublin, oxford, and harvard. Once your place has been confirmed payment can be made by cheque or by using the paypal button below. The transformers, due for publication in 2010, is a collection of public lectures given by jo shapcott as part of her professorship at newcastle, and she is coeditor with linda anderson of a collection of essays about elizabeth bishop. Carcanet, 1993, pp3637 11 sonnets to orpheus, quoted, jo shapcott, phrase book oxford.
Of mutability incorporates this scientific discourse as a way to show. It was recorded at the shifting territories conference on 22 may 20 at the institute of english studies in london. Features a compendium from jo shapcotts awardwinning books electroplating the baby, phrase book and my life asleep. She was an undergraduate at trinity college, dublin. Jo shapcott s awardwinning first book, electroplating the baby, established her as an important member of the younger generation of poets. Im standing here inside my skin, which will do for a human remains pouch for the moment. Poet of the periphery by jo shapcott, 9781852245566, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
In of mutability, shapcott is found writing at her most memorable and bold. Shapcott s variation on schoenbergs orchestration of bachs prelude and fugue in e flat major, st anne prom 24. The poetry exchange at manchester central library manchester. He has published two novels, and is professor of poetry at manchester metropolitan university. Powerfully original and imaginative, with a playful, feministsurrealist wit, shapcott. Jos poem phrase book is currently in the ocrs gcse poetry anthology. Poems 19881998, revealed her to be a writer of ingenuous, politically acute and provocative poetry, and rightly earned her a reputation as one of the most original and daring voices of her generation. Morgan is the author of six books, each a single, booklength poem. Poems community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Her work has been awarded the forward prize, a cholmondeley award and her latest book of poems, of mutability, was overall winner of the 2010 costa prize.
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