On Poetry: Jonathan Davidson - Softcover

Jonathan Davidson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910367931 ISBN 13: 9781910367933

Publisher: Smith/Doorstop Books, 2018

Synopsis

Jonathan Davidson retraces his immersion in poetry, from childhood onwards, listening carefully to the shapes it made in the air. Looking closely at poems by Maura Dooley and Peter Didsbury, amongst others, and examining the impact of hearing Ted Hughes, Carol Ann Duffy and Earnesto Cardenal, he offers a very personal response to the public and private experiences of poetry.

About this title

About the Author

Jonathon Davidson was born in 1964 in South Oxfordshire and lives in Coventry. He won an Eric Gregory Award in 1990 and his first collection of poetry, <>kiThe Living Room, was published by Arc Publications in 1994, followed, seventeen years later by Early Train (Smith/Doorstop, 2011). He has published three poetry pamphlets, Moving the Stereo (Jackson s Arm, 1993), A Horse Called House (Smith/Doorstop, 1997) and Humfrey Coningsby: Poems, Complaints, Explanations and Demands for Satisfaction (Valley Press, 2015), and an e-book, Selected Poems (Smith/Doorstop, 2014).

He has had eight radio plays broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4, along with radio adaptations of Geoffrey Hill s Merican Hymns and W.S.Graham s The Nightfishing. His stage adaptation of Mary Webb s novel Precious Bane was produced by Interplay Theatre and toured extensively in 2008 and 2009. He is a poetry-theatre producer. His most recent touring shows were Being Human (2012/13) and The Hundred Years War (2014/15), both co-productions with Bloodaxe Books and the Belgrade Theatre Coventry.

He is director of Midland Creative Projects Limited, Associate Director of the Birmingham Literature Festival and Chief Executive of Writing West Midlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Smith/Doorstop Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1910367931
• ISBN 13: 9781910367933
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 60
• Editor: Peter Sansom