Generation Txt - Softcover

Joe Dunthorne; Inua Ellams; Laura Forman; Tom Chivers; Kevin Ward; Abigail Oborne; James Wilkes; Emma McGordon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955384613 ISBN 13: 9780955384615

Publisher: Penned in the Margins, 2010

Synopsis

When young writing talent is ignored or, at worst, deliberately suppressed, you know something's up. Despite some positive initiatives within the British poetry scene, there remains a general unwillingness amongst some in the 'industry' to engage seriously with young writers.

"Generation Txt" is an attempt to redress the balance, to give some of our most talented and promising young writers a platform for their work. From over one hundred and fifty submissions from all over the UK we've found six poets in their early or mid-twenties, six of the best. This is the generation that reached adulthood either side of the Millennium, the generation of Blogs, iPods and ASBOs; the generation of 9/11 and 7/7. You will find poems here that inspire, entertain and make you think. Poems that follow Ezra Pound's command to 'Make it new'.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Chivers (editor) was born in 1983 in South London. A writer, editor and promoter of poetry, his publications include The Terrors (Nine Arches Press, 2009) and How To Build A City (Salt Publishing, 2009). A winner of the inaugural Crashaw Prize, he is Associate Editor of Tears in the Fence, was Poet in Residence at The Bishopsgate Institute, London, and has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and 4. Tom is Director of Penned in the Margins and Co-Director of London Word Festival.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penned in the Margins
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955384613
• ISBN 13: 9780955384615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 90