- Published: 15 September 2013
- ISBN: 9780701186845
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 80
- RRP: $32.99
Division Street
- Published: 15 September 2013
- ISBN: 9780701186845
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 80
- RRP: $32.99
Helen Mort is among the brightest stars in the sparkling new constellation of young British poets
Carol Ann Duffy
There’s been a buzz around Helen Mort for a while, and her debut, Division Street, doesn’t disappoint
Suzi Feay, Independent
A poet of exceptional talent, with a strong clear voice, a sure sense of metre and a poetic sensibility which has an unshakeable attachment to the real world.
Herald
A first class first full-length collection
Tribune
Outstanding… There's a confidence and wit that's rare in a first book, but underlying it all is the bedrock of the north of England, its landscapes and stories. These are poems of passion, risk, tenderness and power
Michael Symmons Roberts, winner of the Forward Prize 2013
Gritty, witty, stylish and totally memorable. Division Street is a book which has something important to say, addressing a wide range of topics with novelty and intelligence.
John Glenday
Mort is a fast-rising star of British poetry… marked by a gritty urban lyricism and a terrific rhythmic vitality
i
Although Helen Mort is just 28, it's surprising that Division Street is her first full collection -- so frequently and impressively does her work appear in magazines and competitions... It's a brilliant debut.
Bill Greenwell, Independent
An excellent first poetry collection -- lucid, intelligent, politically aware, and loyal to the landscape that inspired it.
Blake Morrison, Guardian Picks of the Year
The beauty of her debut collection is partly the sense that it has been written against the clock. Every poem is on the move... the style is satisfyingly Orwellian -- no long words where a shorter one would serve. Nor is she a poetic detective assisting with mysteries. She knows when to let be and let go.
Kate Kellaway, Observer
An excellent first poetry collection...lucid, intelligent, politically aware, and loyal to the northern landscapes that inspired it
Pankaj Mishra, Guardian
[Read] Division Street, with its sparky energy and the bracing political awareness of her sequence "Scab", and you’ll see something of the diversity and ambition that marks our younger poets
Sean O'Brien, Independent
Throughout, this poetry has sharp, peripheral vision
Kate Kellaway, Observer
The standout poet of her generation
Charlotte Runcie, Daily Telegraph