Island: Collected Poems

Name: Island: Collected Poems
Brand: St. Andrew Press
SKU: 209091
Price: 21.59 USD
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Author: Kenneth Steven
ISBN: 9780715209097

By: Kenneth Steven

St. Andrew Press / 2010 / Paperback

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Product Information

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Title: Island: Collected Poems
By: Kenneth Steven
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 144
Vendor: St. Andrew Press
Publication Date: 2010

Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.38 (inches)
Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 0715209094
ISBN-13: 9780715209097
Stock No: WW209091

Publisher's Description

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Over the past 20 years, Kenneth Steven has become one of the country’s most popular poets. Drawing on a quiet Celtic spirituality and a love of wild Scotland, his engaging poetry offers us something beautiful, evocative, moving and captivating. In Island, Kenneth Steven has chosen over 100 poems, including some of his best and most loved poems along with a selection of new work.

Author Bio

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Kenneth Steven lives in Dunkeld in Perthshire. He is a highly successful broadcaster, featuring regularly on national radio. His BBC Radio 4 documentary on the island of St Kilda won him a prestigious Sony Award.

Editorial Reviews

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‘I find myself dipping very naturally into the poems, which have great freshness and honesty, often amounting to a striking purity and a real grasp of the physical essence of things. They’re full of arresting phrases and images, and they’re full of heart.’ -- Graham Swift

‘Enjoying Kenneth Steven’s work intensely – style and subject.’ -- Ted Hughes

‘Kenneth Steven’s poems ring bells in us, and chime with the profoundest responses of the human spirit.’ -- Magnus Magnusson

‘Kenneth Steven has a ready sensitivity to the beauty of small moments.’ -- The Herald