Jeffrey Wainwright

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Jeffrey Wainwright was born in Stoke-on-Trent, has taught in the University of Wales, in New York, and currently at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He has translated French drama for the Royal Shakespeare Company and BBC Radio and is a theatre critic for the Independent. Carcanet published his first book of poems, Heart's Desire (1978), and his Selected Poems (1985), and most recently The Reasoner (2012).  His critical work includes a book on the poetry of Geoffrey Hill, Acceptable Words (Manchester University Press 2006) and Poetry the Basics (Routledge 2011).   He was Professor of English at Manchester Metropolitan University and  lives in Manchester

Watch Jeff Wainwright read poems from 'The Reasoner', in the link below.

Website : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPovsokJ5c&list=UUv5U5Ahwj6Z68dkIFIRDlBQ

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