Alison Brackenbury

Alison Brackenbury (born 1953 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire) is a British poet.

Alison Brackenbury
Born	1953 (age 70–71) Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Nationality	British

Life

After studying English at St Hugh's College, Oxford she now lives in Gloucestershire. Her work has appeared in the Kenyon Review, Ploughshares and Stand.

Awards

• Eric Gregory Award
• Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
• 1994 Glen Rybertt Award
• 1997 Cholmondeley Award

Works

• "In the gap"; "Affairs"; "Plucked from", The Chimera, October 2007
• "When"; "Mud"; "March ending"; "Passing", nthposition, March 2008
• "6.25", The Guardian, 2 February 2008
• "Obit". Magma 39. November 2007.
• "Autumn Street". Magma 19.
• "Have you heard?; The story of Sigurd; A fuel blockade". Signals. Summer 2004.
• Dreams of Power. Carcanet New Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-85635-352-9.
• Breaking Ground. Carcanet. 1985. ISBN 978-0-85635-503-5.
• Christmas Roses. Carcanet. 1988. ISBN 978-0-85635-750-3.
• Selected Poems. Carcanet. 1991. ISBN 978-0-85635-924-8.
• 1829. Carcanet. 1995. ISBN 978-1-85754-122-9.
• After Beethoven. Carcanet. 2000. ISBN 978-1-85754-454-1.
• Bricks and Ballads. Carcanet. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85754-751-1.
• Singing in the dark. Carcanet. 2008. ISBN 978-1-85754-914-0.
• Shadow. HappenStance. 2009. ISBN 978-1-905939-35-0.

External links

• "Author's website"
• Alison Brackenbury reads poems on PoetCasting
• "Interview: Alison Brackenbury talks to Paul Stevens", The Chimaera, May 2008