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Selected Poems

William Plomer

Edited by Nielson Mackay

The book cover for Selected Poems
Series: Memento
Categories: 20th Century, African, British, LGBTQ+, Little Island Press
Imprint: Little Island Press
Publisher: Carcanet Press
Available as:
Hardback (128 pages)
(Pub. Oct 2016)
9780993505638
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  • William Plomer
    William Plomer, (born Dec. 10, 1903, Transvaal, S.Af.—died Sept. 21, 1973, Lewes, East Sussex, Eng.) South African-born British man of letters, whose writing covered many genres: poetry, novels, short stories, memoirs, and even opera librettos. ... read more
    Nielson Mackay
    Neilson MacKay is a doctoral candidate at the University of Durham and visiting fellow at Harvard University. Currently completing a thesis on poetry in the “Little Magazines” of the interwar years, Nielson's writing and criticism has appeared in The New Criterion, amongst others. ... read more
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