In 1984, still before WC
had published with a big-name publisher, Other Branch Readings
at Leamington Spa issued her Hope and the 42 in a limited edition of 100 copies. In 1987, the year after...
Publishing
Sally Purcell
Two years after taking her BA, SP
published a booklet of her poems with Anvil Press
(then of Northwood in Middlesex): The Devil's Dancing Hour.
The hour in the title, in west-country lore...
Publishing
Sally Purcell
In the same year as her joint anthology The Happy Unicorns, SP
issued her first solo book of poetry, The Holly Queen, in a limited edition of fifty numbered copies, through Anvil Press Poetry
Publishing
Sally Purcell
SP
's only translation from a contemporary poet was Amorgos from the modern Greek of Nikos Gatsos
. Since her command of modern Greek was not equal to her knowledge of the ancient language, she...
Textual Production
Carol Ann Duffy
CAD
published her first mature, full-length volume of poems, Standing Female Nude, with Anvil Press Poetry
.
She remained faithful to Anvil
, a small press, even after becoming well-known.
SP
issued another poetry volume, Dark of Day, again from Anvil
.
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.
Jay, Peter, and Sally Purcell. “Foreword and Note on the Text”. Collected Poems, edited by Peter Jay and Peter Jay, Anvil Press Poetry, 2002, pp. 19-24.
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Textual Production
Sally Purcell
SP
returned to her earlier publisher, Anvil
, for what turned out to be the final volume of her lifetime, Fossil Unicorn.
“Bowker’s Global Books in Print”. globalbooksinprint.com.
Jay, Peter, and Sally Purcell. “Foreword and Note on the Text”. Collected Poems, edited by Peter Jay and Peter Jay, Anvil Press Poetry, 2002, pp. 19-24.
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Textual Production
Sally Purcell
This includes the contents of her published volumes, but also the uncollected poems left at her death with her regular publishers, Anvil
, or saved by her friend Simon King
.
Jay, Peter, and Sally Purcell. “Foreword and Note on the Text”. Collected Poems, edited by Peter Jay and Peter Jay, Anvil Press Poetry, 2002, pp. 19-24.
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Timeline
1968: Peter Jay founded Anvil Press Poetry, which...
Writing climate item
1968
Peter Jay
founded Anvil Press Poetry
, which by the early twenty-first century was based in Greenwich in south-east London, and described itself as England's longest-standing independent poetry publisher.
Duffy, Carol Ann, editor. Anvil New Poets 2. Anvil Press Poetry, 1994.
Duffy, Carol Ann. Mean Time. Anvil Press Poetry, 1993.
Duffy, Carol Ann. Selling Manhattan. Anvil Press Poetry, 1987.
Duffy, Carol Ann. Standing Female Nude. Anvil Press Poetry, 1985.
Duffy, Carol Ann. The Other Country. Anvil Press Poetry, 1990.
Duffy, Carol Ann. The Pamphlet. Anvil Press Poetry, 1998.
Duffy, Carol Ann, editor. Time’s Tidings. Anvil Press Poetry, 1999.
Duffy, Carol Ann. William and the Ex-Prime Minister. Anvil Press Poetry, 1992.
Jay, Peter, and Sally Purcell. “Foreword and Note on the Text”. Collected Poems, edited by Peter Jay and Peter Jay, Anvil Press Poetry, 2002, pp. 19-24.
Jay, Peter, and Caroline Lewis. Sappho Through English Poetry. Anvil Press Poetry, 1996.
