Poetry in Preston banner
 
Poetry in Preston > Poets > Index Poets section
The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy, 12k

Poets Index

Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke are two of the best known living poets writing in Britain today.

Students of A Level and GCSE English will be particularly familiar with their work, which regularly appears on the syllabus.

 

Both are known for their work in education, tutoring postgraduate writing courses and appearing in schools.

It would be fair to suggest that they are representative of the diversity of female voices in British poetry.

For many years Gillian Clarke has been known as a writer who puts a highly personal domestic voice

Nine Secret Gardens, by Gillian Clarke, 8k

into the context of world issues. Carol Ann Duffy has achieved prominence in the last decade, first as an angry voice in the Thatcher era and lately as a ventriloquist of women's voices from history.

Use the 'in this section' navigation on the right of the page to find biographies, other background information and an exclusive in-depth interview with Gillian Clarke.

Students of English Literature may also find the Links section useful, with descriptions of other websites about poetry and poets.

top

In this section
Index
Gillian Clarke
Biography

Bibliography

Interview: Organic Poetry

Interview: In her own words

Carol Ann Duffy
Biography

Bibliography

 

External LinksThis site is not responsible for content of external sites.

Salmon Poetry pages on Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy: Street-wise heroines at home (Independent)

Gillian Clarke's Homepage

Ty Newydd Creative Writing Centre

Download Nullsoft Winamp

 

 

Home Poets Venue
In touch, Links, About, Review, LiP

Site copyright O.Jaquest