Michael Standen 1937 – 2008
We are sorry to announce the death earlier this month of Michael Standen, one of the editors of Other Poetry. His family have set up a web site, where you can read some of his poems, hear (and watch) Mick reading, and leave a message.
Still Standen
In 2007, Other Poetry published an anthology of poetry in celebration of poet, novelist and editor Michael Standen, including work by Anne Stevenson, Gillian Allnutt, Peter Bennet, Peter Armstrong, Jacque Darras, Uwe Kolbe, Niall Spooner-Harvey, SJ Litherland, Cynthia Fuller, Richard Kell and many others.
A celebration of the poet’s life
This is a book about a poet. It is also a book about being a poet: about the things that engage the poet’s mind, heart and soul, the
agonies and ecstacie of directing that initial spark down to the start of the powder trail and keeping it there, about lifting the work up in a series of small public explosions, recognising the exposive potential of others and crafting the best possible box of firecrackers, in a dark and wretched elfin workroom three times a year, to light their way, and about the bright patterns of light we hope to splash across some future sky.
From the introduction by James Roderick Burns
Cover illustration by Peter Standen.
ISBN 978 0 9546515 6 5
You can buy a copy of Still Standen in the following ways:
From INP, using your credit card
By post: send £7.00 Sterling / €10.00 / US$15.00 (airmail), including postage to:
Other Poetry
29 Western Hill
Durham
DH1 4RL
United Kingdom
From Other Poetry Website
http://www.otherpoetry.com/
And Michael’s own site
http://michael-standen.moonfruit.com/
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