This new collection of poems is Meredith's first since Snaring Heaven
from the early nineties. Meredith is well-known as a novelist, and his
poetry shares some of the qualities that make his fiction so memorable:
a palpable passion for landscape and humanity's place in it, an
inventive and versatile verbal imagination, a distinctive voice that can
range from the contemplative to the ironic, even satiric.
His new work in this collection combines the usual engagement with the
wider world and a freer movement between personal and impersonal voices.
Recurring concerns are the relationships between belonging and
dislocation, contemplation and action, fixity and movement, the
ambivalent relationship between the world and art's attempt to pan out
its nugget.
"Meredith is particularly skilled at capturing animal life in a
quizzically respectful manner... Seren already enjoys a well
-established reputation for an impressive roster of poets with stylish
collections"
The North
Christopher Meredith is a poet, novelist and currently lecturer in
Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan. Born in Tredegar and
educated at Abersytwyth and Swansea, he worked for some time in a south
Wales steel plant, and as a teacher. His novels are Shifts, Griffri
and Sidereal Time, and he is the author of a collection of poetry,
Snaring Heaven. His books are taught in universities in Wales and
England.
