ACAPULCONew and Selected PoemsbyNicholas MurrayNicholas Murray was born in Liverpool and now lives inWales and London. He has written critically acclaimedbiographies of Bruce Chatwin, Matthew Arnold,Andrew Marvell, Aldous Huxley, and Franz Kafka.He has also published two novels, A Short Book about Love,and Remembering Carmen, and books on Victorian travellers, Liverpool and Bloomsbury.He runs the poetry imprint Rack Press and is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.Acupulco contains nearly thirty new poems and work drawnfrom the earlier collections, Plausible Fictions and TheNarrators. It concludes with the full text of Get Real!a powerful verse satire on the coalition Governmentwhich was performed by the Iris Theatre Companyat St Paul's Covent Garden in 2011.Praise for Nicholas Murray's poetry:“From the opening lines of 'Landscapes' we are in thecompany of a voice that quietly but compellingly makesitself heard... Throughout these poems, shadows, absences,and possibilities stalk the tyranny of mere fact...”David Wheatley, Thumbscrew“Precise and rather mysterious poems”John Fuller“...his clear sense of internal rhythm and strong feelingfor the well-honed phrase”Sarah Crown, The GuardianAcapulco is published byMelos Press38 Palewell ParkLondon SW14 8JG
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Tuesday 3 April 2012
Acapulco: New and Selected Poems
My new book of poems: Acapulco: New and Selected Poems, officially published on 23rd April, is now available to order on line from Melos Press at £10. I will now hand you over to the Melos blurb:-
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