Answering Back : Living poets reply to the poetry of the past Condition:Good music and dance

music and dance

overturning the dangerous modern assumption that somehow fame and visibility equate to success and happiness

found impossible to put down

pre-industrial beginnings to modern theories

although they are evolving in various ways

Answering Back : Living poets reply to the poetry of the past Condition:Good music and danceCarol Ann Duffy has asked some of the brightest writers in the poetry world to select a poem that is meaningfulor has meant somethingto them, and write a response to it. With up and coming poets alongside more established names, and original poems alongside the new works they've inspired, Answering Back promises to be a truly unique and insightful anthology.