Seren books is pleased to announce the publication of From the Fortunate Isles: New and Selected Poems by Wales-born author Tony Curtis.
Published in the year of the authors 70th birthday, the book features a generous selection from his individual collections as well as vibrant new poems inspired by recent residencies at home and abroad.
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Early Work And Album (1974) |
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13 | (1) |
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The Mystery of the Homing Pigeon |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Family of Saltimbanques, Paris 1905 |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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My Father in Pembrokeshire |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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The Infants' Christmas Concert |
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40 | (2) |
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Andrew Wyeth at The Royal Academy |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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Letter to John Digby on Long Island |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Veteran South Dakota 1978 |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (4) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (1) |
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Poems: Selected And New (USA 1986) |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (1) |
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Villanelle for a Photographer |
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74 | (1) |
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Thoughts from the Holiday Inn |
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75 | (9) |
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84 | (1) |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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Incident on a hospital train from Calcutta, 1944 |
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110 | (1) |
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Portrait of the Painter Hans Theo Richter and his wife Gisela in Dresden 1933 |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (1) |
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Sutherland at Picton Ferry |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (1) |
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William Orpen & Yvonne Aubicq in the Rue Dannon |
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119 | (3) |
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122 | (1) |
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The Death of Richard Beattie-Seaman in the Belgian Grand Prix, 1939 |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (2) |
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131 | (2) |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Blackberries at Pwllcrochan |
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158 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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Dai Greatcoat Visits Waterloo |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (3) |
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From Gelligaer Common (2012) |
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184 | (2) |
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From The Alchemy Of Water (2013) |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (2) |
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A History of the World in 101 Objects |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (2) |
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Holsteins Black and White |
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218 | (2) |
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220 | (1) |
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Poems from Dyffryn Gardens |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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Birthday Poem for Dannie Abse at Ninety |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (1) |
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Tony Curtis is an established and acclaimed poet, novelist and critic. He has written and edited over forty books, most recently his debut novel Darkness in the City of Light, which was shortlisted for the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, and Where the Birds Sing our Names, an anthology of poems for the childrens charity T Hafan. He was Waless first Professor of Poetry at the University of Glamorgan, where he developed and directed the M. Phil in Writing. He was awarded a Gregory Award in 1972; won the National Poetry Competition in 1983; and the Dylan Thomas Award for Spoken Poetry in 1993, judged by Dannie Abse and Dylans daughter Aeronwy. He had a Cholmondeley Award in 1998 and a D.Litt. in 2004. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
