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Selima Hill
Selima Hill is an inimitable talent. The mind is fragile and unreliable in her poetry, but is also tenacious and surprising, capable of the most extraordinary responses, always fighting back…
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Selima Hill is one of Britain’s leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). The Sparkling Jewel of Naturism is her 15th book of…
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Two sequences of of poems on forgiveness combined in a collection which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Hill is one of Britain’s leading poets and previously won the…
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Selima Hill’s 17th book of poetry - her 14th from Bloodaxe - is the account of a young woman’s stay in the psychiatric ward of a large hospital.
Three contrasting but complementary, familial poem sequences by the TS Eliot Prize-shortlisted poet: Buttercup the Sloth, about mothers; Lobo-Lobo, about sisters; and Behold My Father on His Bicycle, about exactly…
Known for her surreal, disturbing, uncomfortably humorous poems, Selima Hill is one of Britain’s leading poets. Her Forward-shortlisted 20th collection brings together seven sequences of short poems relating to men…
Covers Selima Hill’s books from Saying Hello at the Station (1984) to Red Roses (2006), and The Hat (2008). This book is a selection drawn from ten collections, each offering…
A portrayal of a woman’s struggle to regain her identity. It emerges through a series of short poems, often related to animals: how she is preyed upon and betrayed, misunderstood…
Brings together four poem sequences about motherhood. This book explores love and having a mother. It shows the impact of Asperger’s syndrome on both mother and child.
Selima Hill is one of Britain’s leading poets, the winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award (the forerunner of the Costa). People Who Like Meatballs is her 14th book of poetry…
Hot on the heels of her previous book Men Who Feed Pigeons, Selima Hill’s Women in Comfortable Shoes is her 21st collection, presenting ten contrasting but well-fitting sequences of short…
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I May Be Stupid But I’m Not That Stupid is Selima Hill’s 19th book of poetry and features six contrasting but complementary poem sequences: about family, fear, abuse and autism…
