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Cancer comprises Tom Raworth's writing from September 1970 through May 1971, and was originally to have been published by Harvey Brown's Frontier Press (based in West Newbury, Massachusetts) in 1973. When Frontier's funds ran out, the typescript was returned to its author, and the book's opening section, Logbook, was published as a stand-alone volume by Poltroon Press in 1976. In the 1980s, Raworth revised the book's other two sections, Journal and Letters (the letters he sent to Edward Dorn from the Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York) for separate publication. Over fifty years later, Logbook, Journal and Letters are now published together, as the author intended, with the original versions of both the Journal and Letters seeing print for the very first time.

Tom Raworth was born in London in 1938. Between 1966 and 2017 he published more than fifty books and pamphlets of poetry, prose and translations. His graphic work was shown in Europe, the United States and South Africa, and he gave readings of his poems worldwide. Raworth received the Cholmondeley Award, ... read more

Praise for Tom Raworth 'Brides in the source nail the soap-opera out of doowops? And then the parnassians for milfoils without floor-leaders. The Raworth loves to hum them toward the endeavour.'
Clark Coolidge 'Single-handedly, Tom Raworth has restored the value of quickness to English poetry. His is the alacrity of Shelley, of Byron, of Gerard Manley Hopkins, reinforced to meet a modern urgency. It is poetry of sensation, intelligence flashing down the spillway, faster than thought.'
Bill Berkson 'Tom Raworth is the one who's truly most interesting to me in England at the moment. I'm fascinated by what he's doing. He's an extraordinary poet.'
Robert Creeley
'As When is the selection I have waited for the whole spread of a great poets work.'
Fanny Howe 'It has the beauty and weight of a real thing in the world, and is just full of dark senses and wonders.'
Adam Piette, Poetry London

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Cancer Tom Raworth Categories: 20th Century, 21st Century, British Imprint: Lives and Letters Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (88 pages) (Due Feb 2025) 9781800174627 £12.99 £11.69 Description Author Reviews Cancer comprises Tom Raworth's writing from September 1970 through May 1971, and was originally to have been published by Harvey Brown's Frontier Press (based in West Newbury, Massachusetts) in 1973. When Frontier's funds ran out, the typescript was returned to its author, and the book's opening section, Logbook, was published as a stand-alone volume by Poltroon Press in 1976. In the 1980s, Raworth revised the book's other two sections, Journal and Letters (the letters he sent to Edward Dorn from the Yaddo artists' retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York) for separate publication. Over fifty years later, Logbook, Journal and Letters are now published together, as the author intended, with the original versions of both the Journal and Letters seeing print for the very first time. Tom Raworth was born in London in 1938. Between 1966 and 2017 he published more than fifty books and pamphlets of poetry, prose and translations. His graphic work was shown in Europe, the United States and South Africa, and he gave readings of his poems worldwide. Raworth received the Cholmondeley Award, ... read more Praise for Tom Raworth 'Brides in the source nail the soap-opera out of doowops? And then the parnassians for milfoils without floor-leaders. The Raworth loves to hum them toward the endeavour.' Clark Coolidge 'Single-handedly, Tom Raworth has restored the value of quickness to English poetry. His is the alacrity of Shelley, of Byron, of Gerard Manley Hopkins, reinforced to meet a modern urgency. It is poetry of sensation, intelligence flashing down the spillway, faster than thought.' Bill Berkson 'Tom Raworth is the one who's truly most interesting to me in England at the moment. I'm fascinated by what he's doing. He's an extraordinary poet.' Robert Creeley 'As When is the selection I have waited for the whole spread of a great poets work.' Fanny Howe 'It has the beauty and weight of a real thing in the world, and is just full of dark senses and wonders.' Adam Piette, Poetry London	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog One Little Room: Peter McDonald read more Collected Poems: Mimi Khalvati read more Invisible Dog: Fabio Morbito, translated by Richard Gwyn read more Dante's Purgatorio: Philip Terry read more Billy 'Nibs' Buckshot: John Gallas read more Emotional Support Horse: Claudine Toutoungi read more
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