According to Amazon.co.uk, here are the poets who made the cut for the autumn-forthcoming Salt Book of Younger Poets; Eyewear awaits the anthology with great interest. I wonder that the criteria was - born since 1980, at least one pamphlet, etc,?:
Rachael Allen
Daniel Barrow
Jack Belloli
Jay Bernard
James Brookes
Phil Brown
Niall Campbell
Kayo Chingonyi
Miranda Cichy
John Clegg
Nia Davies
Amy De’Ath
Inua Ellams
Charlotte Geater
Tom Gilliver
Dai George
Emily Hasler
Oli Hazzard
Dan Hitchens
Sarah Howe
Andrew Jamison
Annie Katchinska
Andrew McMillan
Siofra McSherry
Ben Maier
Laura Marsh
Annabella Massey
James Midgley
Helen Mort
Charlotte Newman
Richard O’Brien
Richard Osmond
Vidyan Ravinthiran
Sophie Robinson
Charlotte Runcie
Ashna Sarkar
William Searle
Colette Sensier
Warsan Shire
Lavinia Singer
Adham Smart
Martha Sprackland
Eloise Stonborough
Emily Tesh
Jack Underwood
Ahren Warner
Ben Wilkinson
Sophie Yeo
Dear Todd
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say that I had never heard of any of them. I don't know whether that's good or bad!
Best wishes from Simon
Not a pamphlet - some of these don't
ReplyDeleteSimple criteria - UK based poets who were 26 or under when the list was made last autumn and who don't have a full collection out yet. Roddy
ReplyDeleteWhy 26? My co-ed and I made lists and that cut-off seemed right to give us the number of poets we planned to include and the book represents poets aged from late teens to mid twenties. R
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of surprises. Should be good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Roddy.
ReplyDeleteSurprised that Jon Stone and Kirsten Irving aren't on it, but otherwise glad to see some familiar and unfamiliar names on there. Should be a good read!
ReplyDeleteKirsten was too old by just a few months, Jon by just a few months more. I'll be publishing both of their first collections at Salt next year. Roddy
ReplyDeleteI believe they're both only just too old, which is a real shame as they'd both make a great addition.
ReplyDeleteTa Phil & Roddy for the explanation(and congrats Phil)!
ReplyDeletelike everything in our culture . . . an obsession with youth and beauty aeh? Also in U.S. . . . how many times do we hear the marketing strategy of "younger poet"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scribd.com/doc/31415772/A-Cultural-Obsession-Youth-and-Beauty
how about an anthology of middle aged poets?
or an anthology of really old farts?
I would, however, be interested in an anthology of toddlers!!
wonder what is the point of all these anthologies hardly anyone reads anyway???
These anthologies make me wish I was 5, 10 years younger...
ReplyDeleteHope one comes out for new poets who are 30+
Christian
Re 'how about an anthology of middle aged poets?' I think you'll find I put one out a year or so ago, called Identity Parade. Not all poets in it were middle aged, but the average age was 40-something. Or, instead, look at any contemporary anthology - and there are lots of them. If you mean why don't I publish an anthology by unpublished poets who are middle aged or 'old farts', you'd have to persuade me as to why these poets should be published - why haven't they found a publisher if they are good? Yes, some might be late starters, but the stats show that c70 first collections get published each year in the UK and the great majority of them are by poets over 40. This is why anthologies of new, younger poets are vital. Roddy
ReplyDeleteWell said, Roddy!
ReplyDeleteInteresting stats Roddy. I didn't realise that. I have Identity Parade. Understand a lot of anthologies have so-called older established poets :-) Of course an anthology of middle aged unpublished poets well . . I dunno. It's all marketing of course (not that all marketing is somehow bad of course). But the next hot new thing . . . well . . . we can see that everywhere in our culture right? If the idea is to reverse a trend of publishing established (networked) poets, then why would the age matter at all? I mean in the title and marketing of the work? I don't exclude myself from buying into this of course. I find myself wanting to be part of the next hot new thing all the time . . . I was part of the Rialto younger poets recently. . . 30 poets under 35 a few years ago . . . etc. etc. . . not speaking from any kind of resentment at all :-) Hope that tone is clear :-) But yes you make a very good point with those stats!!!
ReplyDeleteA bit confused about Ahren Warner's inclusion. Doesn't he have a collection coming out with Bloodaxe?
ReplyDeleteAlso, wouldn't this compete with 'Voice Recognition? seems odd to have two very similar(ish) anthologies out on the market. No offence, Roddy.
Hi - Ahren was added to the anthology belatedly when it turned out it would come out before his book. The books are only similar(ish) - Voice Recognition had poets who were up to mid-30s in age. This focusses on a genuinely young generation who are mid 20s max. There is only a crossover of a few poets. Roddy
ReplyDeleteRoddy,
ReplyDeleteIs the anthology contributors list finalized? I ask as an under-26 poet.
David Shook