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Alison Brackenbury (born 1953 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire[1]) is a British poet.

Alison Brackenbury
Born	1953 (age 68–69) Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Nationality	British

Life

After studying English at St Hugh's College, Oxford[1] she now lives in Gloucestershire.[2] Her work has appeared in the Kenyon Review,[3] Ploughshares[4] and Stand.[5]

Awards

• Eric Gregory Award
• Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
• 1997 Cholmondeley Award

Works

• "In the gap"; "Affairs"; "Plucked from", The Chimera, October 2007
• "When"; "Mud"; "March ending"; "Passing", nthposition, March 2008
• "6.25", The Guardian, 2 February 2008
• "Obit". Magma 39. November 2007.
• "Autumn Street". Magma 19.
• "Have you heard?; The story of Sigurd; A fuel blockade". Signals. Summer 2004.
• Dreams of Power. Carcanet New Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-85635-352-9.
• Breaking Ground. Carcanet. 1985. ISBN 978-0-85635-503-5.
• Christmas Roses. Carcanet. 1988. ISBN 978-0-85635-750-3.
• Selected Poems. Carcanet. 1991. ISBN 978-0-85635-924-8.
• 1829. Carcanet. 1995. ISBN 978-1-85754-122-9.
• After Beethoven. Carcanet. 2000. ISBN 978-1-85754-454-1.
• Bricks and Ballads. Carcanet. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85754-751-1.
• Singing in the dark. Carcanet. 2008. ISBN 978-1-85754-914-0.
• Shadow. HappenStance. 2009. ISBN 978-1-905939-35-0.

References

External links

• "Author's website"
• Alison Brackenbury reads poems on PoetCasting
• "Interview: Alison Brackenbury talks to Paul Stevens", The Chimaera, May 2008

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