Poetry
Category: Poetry, Poetry Anthologies
Number of pages: 120
ISBN: 9781854115607
Publication date: May 23, 2011
Price: £9.99
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Foreword by Ronnie Wood
Bob Dylan turned 75 on May 24 2016. The Captain’s Tower is a birthday present anthology of poems concerned with Dylan’s life, his work, and his cultural impact. One of the most distinguished lyricists of the post-war period, Dylan has entertained and inspired poets, writers generally and millions of ordinary fans with the imagery, wit and technique of his writing, be it in songs of love, protest, faith or pure Dylan-ness.
In this book the poets answer back in a response to Dylan’s creativity, capacity to inspire and his enormous influence on culture and writing. Here are poems by Allen Ginsberg, Lachlan Mackinnon, Glyn Maxwell, Matthew Sweeney, Jeremy Reed, Linda Chase, Linda France, Mark Ford, Roger McGough, Roddy Lumsden, Paul Muldoon, Simon Armitage, Caroline Bird, Peter Finch, Luke Wright.
There is bound to be a huge media response to Dylan’s birthday and this will be part of it – a must for Dylan fans and poetry readers alike.
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Phil Bowen
Co-editor of The Captain’s Tower, Phil Bowen is the author of four volumes of poetry from Stride and Salt. He edited a previous Dylan anthology (Jewels & Binoculars, Stride 1993) and Things We Said Today, an anthology of poetry about the Beatles.
Damian Furniss
Co-editor of The Captain’s Tower, Damian Furniss’ first collection, Chocolate Che, was published by Shearsman Books in 2010. He is widely published in magazines and read at festivals and events around the country.
