Books | Ruth Padel
The Mara Crossing (Chatto & Windus, January 2012)
Ruth Padel’s new collection offers a unique perspective on migration and immigration. Buy now on Amazon Read this Interview on it with Ruth in The National http://bit.ly/AEuzPB “We’re all from somewhere else.” The poet and writer Ruth Padel is talking about one of the most important lines in her new book, The Mara Crossing. It’s(read more…)
Tigers in Red Weather
To hear Ruth discussing this book in depth with US radio talk show host Susan Frank, see http://www.wildaboutpets.net/info/innewsdetail.asp?nid=25&ID=1141 The book was shortlisted in USA, for the 2007 Kiriyama Prize, and in UK for the W H Smith First Travel Book Prize “A stunning plea for conservation and a stealthy excursion into the human heart” Oprah’s(read more…)
I’m a Man: Sex, Gods and Rock ‘n’ Roll
“Ruth Padel’s brilliant, wide-ranging I’m A Man makes the connections between rock and myth absolutely plain” – Ian Sansone, London Review of Books “She has earned a place on the high table of rock criticism alongside the likes of Greil Marcus. Eureka.” Daily Telegraph I’m a Man: Sex, Gods and Rock ‘n’ Roll Faber &(read more…)
Whom Gods Destroy
Whom Gods Destroy: Elements of Greek and Tragic Madness Princeton University Press, 1995, pb £9.95 ISBN 0-691-02588-6 Buy ‘Whom Gods Destroy’ online at Amazon.co.uk You can order it from a UK bookshop or buy direct from UK distributers, John Wiley & Sons Distribution Centre, 1 Oldlands Way, Bognor Regis. W. Sussex, PO22 9SA tel.00 44(read more…)
In and Out of the Mind
In and Out of the Mind: Greek Images of the Tragic Self Princeton University Press, pb £10.95, ISBN 0-691-03766-3 UK Distributers are John Wiley & Sons Distribution Centre 1 Oldlands Way, Bornor Regis. W. Sussex, PO22 9SA tel.00 44 (0) 1243 779777, fax 0044 (0) 243 775 878. Buy ‘In and Out of the Mind’(read more…)
Tennyson, Selected Poems with Introduction and Notes
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON SELECTED POEMS WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES by RUTH PADEL A beautifully bound volume of poems by Tennyson selected by Ruth Padel, plus her introduction to his life and work, her notes on the poems and original woodcuts illustrating them, published by The Folio Society. £35.95, order by clicking on their website www.foliobooks.net,(read more…)
Sir Walter Raleigh, Selected Poems with Introduction
Sir Walter Ralegh by Ruth Padel, Faber & Faber, May 2010 In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an(read more…)
Silent Letters of the Alphabet
Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry, March 2010 In this innovative series of public lectures at Newcastle University, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Bloodaxe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what the poets(read more…)
The Poem and the Journey : 60 Poems for the journey of life
“A wonderful, much-needed book on the journey of meaning. She makes it fun. allowing us the dramatic experience of the poem meeting our own lives. You want to open it each day for another revelation” – Fiona Shaw “As a writer, you would probably choose Ruth Padel as your ideal reader. Her eye misses very(read more…)
52 Ways of Looking at a Poem
“Part of the joy of 52 Ways is the ongoing discussion you feel you can have with Padel and the poem. The book marks an important milestone and continues to have resonance for poets, readers and academics alike.” Literary Landmarks: Groundbreaking Books in the History of Women’s Literature, Mslexia, October 2009. Vintage, ISBN 0-099-42915-2, £6.99(read more…)
