Really great books about cancer, the ones that offer new perspectives and change the language with which we discuss the disease, are even rarer. Poems 19881998 is a compendium from jo shapcotts awardwinning books electroplating the baby, phrase book and my. Jo shapcott reads from her poetry university of leicester. Her most recent volume, of mutability 2010, won the costa book award. I began reading the book as news about it was beginning to spread. Jo shapcotts awardwinning first book, electroplating the baby, established her as an important member of the younger generation of poets. Ticketed event please book your free tickets in advance. Read her book poems 19881998 by jo shapcott available from rakuten kobo. She is the author of ten books of poetry, including of mutability 2010, winner of the costa book award. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. 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. She has twice won the national poetry competition, and won the forward prize in 1999. All areas of the gallery are accessible and there are several parking bays on denmark road for disabled visitors. Shapcott is gifted and original, and it is in work such as hers that the future health of poetry needs to be sought.
Phrase book by jo shapcott was written in 1991 and is a nine stanza poem that is divided into sets of four lines, or quatrains. She sent her antiwar poem phrase book, written about the gulf war, to the cabinet office. Of mutability by shapcott, jo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jo s poem phrase book is currently in the ocrs gcse poetry anthology. In 2011 jo shapcott was awarded the queens gold medal for poetry. Complete analysis of phrase book by jo shapcott poem analysis.
Fabers handsome reissue of jo shapcott s her book does more than simply affirm, as we might expect, the progress and coherence of. 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. Jo shapcott is doing no less than rewriting the english poetic canon challenging sources, verse structure, and the primacy of the patriarchal voice. 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. 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. Jo shapcott was born in london in 1953 and educated at trinity college, dublin, and st hildas college, oxford, and she later won a harkness fellowship to harvard university. 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. That jo shapcott is the only person to have won the poetry society national poetry prize twice should itself be a sufficient accolade. Phrasebook by jo shapcott 1991 im standing here inside my skin, which will do for a human remains pouch for the moment. 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. Poet changed utterly by her illness the irish times. Jo shapcott books list of books by author jo shapcott. Books by jo shapcott the years best fantasy and horror. Jo shapcott jo shapcott literature and science hub.
Jo shapcotts latest collection, her first for twelve years, is probably the blockbuster poetry book of most recent times. Jo shapcott s poetry collection of mutability won the costa prize this week. Wordsworth, goethe, rilke all pop up in your second book,phrase book. Poems 19881998 which selects from three earlier volumes. Poems 19881998 2000, consists of a selection of poetry from her three earlier collections. Its two thousand and four and i dont know a soul who doesnt feel small among the numbers. Jo shapcott frsl born 24 march 1953, london is an english poet, editor and lecturer who has won the national poetry competition, the commonwealth poetry prize, the costa book of the year award, a forward poetry prize and the cholmondeley award. 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. From the jaunty clank of electroplating the baby via phrase books knowing wink to the pointed throatclearing of 2000s her book, shes one of. Join facebook to connect with jean shapcott and others you may know. We respect your privacy and take protecting it seriously.
Sean obrien, sunday times the excellent title poem of mutability, a deceptively casual. The r apid questions in the last stanza are confusing some from phrase book and some naturally occurring. Interview with jo shapcott literature and science hub university. Her collection electroplating the baby 1988 won the commonwealth poetry prize for best first collection, while my life asleep 1998 won the forward prize for best collection. Her book tender taxes, a collection of versions of rainer maria rilkes poems in french, was published in 2002. Tender taxes, her versions of rilke, was published in 2001.
Poems from her three awardwinning collections, electroplating the baby 1988, phrase 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 she has won a number of literary prizes including the commonwealth. Twice winner of the national poetry competition, she has published seven collections with faber including her book. Can you talk a little bit to begin with about your involvement in projects which aim to bring together scientists and poets. Her book ebook by jo shapcott 9780571264476 rakuten kobo. Poems community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. She has won a number of literary prizes including the. Poems from her three awardwinning collectionselectroplating the baby 1988, phrase book 1992, and my life asleep 1998are gathered in a selected poems, her. The book has the usual striking faber poetry design a dark green with. The books achievement is to transform the vocabulary of discussions of cancer without. As a medium, i want to share my gift with others to give them messages from loved ones that have crossed over. Free event at the whitworth art gallery, manchester on saturday 25 january 2020 at 2.
Join acclaimed poet jo shapcott in her welsh retreat as she talks about the pleasures. Tender taxes by jo shapcott nook book ebook barnes. Jo shapcott has written some answers to faqs about this poem on her website. In 2003, jo shapcott a poet of shifting territories, of pavements rippling. Jo shapcott won the national poetry competition in 1985 and 1991. 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. 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. 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 shapcotts poetry collection of mutability won the costa prize this. 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. Click to share on facebook opens in new window click to share on twitter opens in new window. Jo shapcott, of mutability third year poetry project. Reading backwards from 2006, we know this trajectory will lead to the mad cow poems of phrase book and beyond.
Jo shapcott was born and continues to live in london. It is quite rare for a poetry collection to win the costa book award, but it actually did in 2010. Of mutability by jo shapcott jo shapcotts awardwinning first three collections, gathered in her book. She was northern arts literary fellow at the universities of newcastle and durham in 19982000, and is visiting professor of poetry at newcastle university and at the university of the arts, london.
How does a poem begin for you with an image an idea or a phrase. The title poem of phrase book is notable for its appropriation of the language of the american military, and it includes shapcotts famous mad cow poems. 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. Features a compendium from jo shapcotts awardwinning books electroplating the baby, phrase book and my life asleep. Shapcott did not chose to imbue this piece with a particular pattern of rhyme, that does not mean the poem is without unity though. Of mutability eleven years ago, jo shapcott was diagnosed with breast cancer. Too many of the best cells in my body are itching, feeling jagged, turning raw in this spring chill. She sent her antiwar poem phrase book, written about the gulf war. Newcastle upon tyne, bloodaxe books, and chester springs, pennsylvania, dufour, 1988. She sent her antiwar poem phrase book, written about the first. Recipient of the queens gold medal for poetry, jo shapcott is professor of creative writing at royal holloway college. The narrator is reading a number of phrases given in the book but she doesnt understand them.
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