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

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 Awards
• 3 Works
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Life

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

Awards

• Eric Gregory Award
• Poetry Book Society Recommendation.
• 1997 Cholmondeley Award

Works

• "In the gap"; "Affairs"; "Plucked from", The Chimera, October 2007
• "When"; "Mud"; "March ending"; "P*ing", 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.

References

External links

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