Red River Valley
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd
Published:29th Oct '26
Should be back in stock very soon
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2026
In Red River Valley, the new collection from one of Britain’s most treasured living poets, Ian McMillan makes poems from family life, everyday surrealism and the effect of austerity on the village near Barnsley where he’s lived all his life. Language is the playground and form is the rewritten rulebook in work that tries to sit on the page and in the ear at the same time.
After all these years, he’s still trying to find his voice; maybe it’s here in Red River Valley, the name of his dad’s favourite song.
'It's impossible not to like McMillan. If they made him Poet Laureate on Friday, a lot more people would be reading poetry by Monday.'
The Guardian
'A force of nature'
The Guardian
'World-class - one of today's greatest poetry performers.'
Carol Ann Duffy
'His compassionate outlook finds solace and the possibility of transformation in the everyday...'
Jennifer Lee Tsai, The Guardian
- Commended for Poetry Book Society Recommendation 2026
ISBN: 9781800175860
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Weight: unknown
84 pages