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Fire Stations

Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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Paperback (64 pages)

(Pub. Apr 2003)

9780856463631

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One of ten poets chosen for Anvil New Poets 3 (2001), A.B. Jackson was singled out by John Greening in Poetry Review for his ‘demanding and ambitious work: direct, sharp in manner, with an intellectual edge, a valedictory quality.’ Fire Stations is his first collection.

A.B. (Andrew Buchanan) Jackson was born in Glasgow in 1965. He grew up in Bramhall, Cheshire, later receiving his secondary education in Cupar, Fife. He studied English Literature at Edinburgh University and now works in Glasgow. His first collection Fire Stations received the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, 2003. ... read more

Awards won by A. B. Jackson Winner, 2003 Felix Dennis Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection (Fire Stations)

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Fire Stations A. B. Jackson Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (64 pages) (Pub. Apr 2003) 9780856463631 Out of Stock Description Author Awards One of ten poets chosen for Anvil New Poets 3 (2001), A.B. Jackson was singled out by John Greening in Poetry Review for his ‘demanding and ambitious work: direct, sharp in manner, with an intellectual edge, a valedictory quality.’ Fire Stations is his first collection. A.B. (Andrew Buchanan) Jackson was born in Glasgow in 1965. He grew up in Bramhall, Cheshire, later receiving his secondary education in Cupar, Fife. He studied English Literature at Edinburgh University and now works in Glasgow. His first collection Fire Stations received the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, 2003. ... read more Awards won by A. B. Jackson Winner, 2003 Felix Dennis Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection (Fire Stations)	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 We've Moved! read more Books of the Year read more 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
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