Answering Back : Living poets reply to the poetry of the past Condition:Good pre-industrial beginnings to modern theories

pre-industrial beginnings to modern theories

music and dance

overturning the dangerous modern assumption that somehow fame and visibility equate to success and happiness

exacts a price and Shepherd doesn't flinch from counting the cost to him and his family

There's no such thing as witches

Answering Back : Living poets reply to the poetry of the past Condition:Good pre-industrial beginnings to modern theoriesCarol Ann Duffy has asked some of the brightest writers in the poetry world to select a poem that is meaningfulor has meant somethingto them, and write a response to it. With up and coming poets alongside more established names, and original poems alongside the new works they've inspired, Answering Back promises to be a truly unique and insightful anthology.