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About the Author

Anne Carson is the Director of Graduate Studies, Classics, at McGill University. She was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has been the recipient of a 1996 Lannan Award and a 1997 Pushcart Prizem both for poetry. She was the recipient of the 2002 T.S. Eliot prize for poetry.

Reviews

* 'A stunning writer' HAROLD BLOOM, PARIS REVIEW * 'Carson writes in a language any poet would kill for: sensuous and funny, poignant, musical and tender, brilliantly lighted' RUTH PADEL, NY TIMES BOOK REVIEW * 'A truly great poet of the 21st century' REBECCA WOOLF, TIME OUT * 'If she was a prose writer, she would be instantly recognised as a genius' COLM TOIBIN, TLS