Soil by Tim Cresswell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Soil by Tim Cresswell Geography and language collide in Soil by Tim Cresswell. His poems delight in the strange, situated at the cusp of natural and urban. A fox climbs a London skyscraper; municipal trees are displaced from their mountain habitats; sandworts take root in abandoned mine shafts; geological time is glimpsed through the crushed structures of the city. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Geography and language collide in Soil, the debut collection of poetry by Tim Cresswell. His poems delight in the strange and are often situated at the cusp of the natural and urban worlds. A fox climbs to the top of a London skyscraper; municipal trees are displaced from their mountain habitats; sandworts take root in abandoned mine shafts; and geological time is glimpsed through the crushed structures of the city. Cresswell is interested in hinterlands, the in-between places: airport lounges, urban parks, the muddy verge of a river. The title sequence is a startling examination of mans relationship with the very stuff of earth, redeploying the language of science and archaeology with surgical precision and an innovative flair. Already an acclaimed academic and human geographer, this book introduces Tim Cresswell as a significant new poet of place, and our changing relationship to it. Soil is a striking debut - rich, multi-layered, full of organic life and the compacted detritus of the city. Notes A stunning collection of poems that delight in language and geography, and the collision point of the natural and the urban. Author Biography Tim Cresswell was born in Cambridge in 1965 but didnt stay there long. Since then he has travelled, first as part of an Air Force family and then as a student and academic. As a geographer he is the author of five books on place, mobility and other key ideas in geographic thought. Since 2006 he has been Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He lives with his wife and three children in Acton, west London, but that is about to change as they are about to relocate (again) to Boston where Tim will transform into Professor of History and International Affairs at Northeastern University. Soil is his debut collection of poems. Review If this poetry was a geological formation, it would be layered and folded, with scientific knowledge and a quick linguistic wit, with echoes of folk song, unsentimental ecological awareness, word games and a sharp but not unkind eye on the everyday - all this, but metamorphic too, fused by human warmth into a memorable voice. Philip Gross, Winner of TS Eliot Prize 2009 Tim Cresswells poems unsettle. They cause us to relocate ourselves poem by poem as we encounter contemporary landscapes, airports, city streets, domestic interiors, layered in Cresswells unique geological, poetic timeframe, and all made strange and testing by his brilliant and spare language. The central, major title sequence Soil works through rhythms of space and light which stretch time so that the experience of reading these poems is utterly transforming. A distinctive, important new voice is announced in this debut collection. Jo Shapcott, Winner of Costa Prize 2010 Details ISBN1908058153 Author Tim Cresswell Year 2013 ISBN-10 1908058153 ISBN-13 9781908058157 Media Book Publication Date 2013-06-17 Pages 80 Language English Imprint Penned in the Margins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title SOIL Residence WLK Affiliation Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Format Paperback Series Earthworks UK Release Date 2013-06-17 AU Release Date 2013-06-17 NZ Release Date 2013-06-17 Publisher Penned in the Margins DEWEY 821.92 Series Number 1 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97780459;

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