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Lies and Dreams

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Lies and Dreams is Cliff Ashby’s third collection of poems and followed on the success of In the Vulgar Tongue and The Dogs of Dewsbury.

Lies and Dreams brought together the best of Ashby’s earlier work, including the title sequence which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, as well as some of his shorter published poems. A concern with antecedents, with place, and a strong sense of our common isolation give these poems a nervous urgency, a rough eloquence.

Cliff Ashby published four poetry collections and two novels in his lifetime. His collected poems, Plain Song (1985), contains the best work from his earlier volumes and includes several previously unpublished poems. Born in Norfolk in 1919, Cliff Ashby left school at 14 and moved to Leeds to become a window-dresser. ... read more

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Lies and Dreams Cliff Ashby Imprint: Carcanet Poetry Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Description Author Lies and Dreams is Cliff Ashby’s third collection of poems and followed on the success of In the Vulgar Tongue and The Dogs of Dewsbury. Lies and Dreams brought together the best of Ashby’s earlier work, including the title sequence which was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, as well as some of his shorter published poems. A concern with antecedents, with place, and a strong sense of our common isolation give these poems a nervous urgency, a rough eloquence. Cliff Ashby published four poetry collections and two novels in his lifetime. His collected poems, Plain Song (1985), contains the best work from his earlier volumes and includes several previously unpublished poems. Born in Norfolk in 1919, Cliff Ashby left school at 14 and moved to Leeds to become a window-dresser. ... read more	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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