Identity area
Reference code
BXB/1/2/SIX
Title
Sixty Women Poets
Date(s)
- 1993 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 boxes, 6 items
Context area
Name of creator
(1978-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A Poetry Book Society Special Commendation. This anthology charts the irrepressible growth and flowering of women's poetry in Britain and Ireland from the early 1970s to the 90s. Included are many distinctive female voices, no longer apologetic, but courageous, confident, and powerful voices of Eavan Boland, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Freda Downie, Carol Ann Duffy, U.A. Fanthorpe, Rita Ann Higgins, Kathleen Jamie, Elizabeth Jennings, Jenny Joseph, Jackie Kay, Medbh McGuckian, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Ruth Padel, Ruth Pitter, Deborah Randall, Carol Rumens, E.J. Scovell, Anne Stevenson, and many others.