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Ruth Padel’s first collection of poetry was the pamphlet Alibi (1985). Subsequent collections include Rembrandt Would Have Loved You (1998), Voodoo Shop (2002), and most recently The Soho Leopard (2004). Her edition of selected Tennyson poems is published in 2006.

Her non-fiction includes the collection of her Independent articles on reading individual poems, 52 Ways of Looking At A Poem (2002), and The Poem and the Journey (2007).

Fittingly, with great-great-grandparents including a concert pianist and Charles Darwin, her specialities as a writer, critic and broadcaster encompass zoology, natural history and travel, as well as music and classical Greek. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and current Chair of the UK Poetry Society.

Rembrandt Would Have Loved You52 Ways of Looking at a PoemThe Soho Leopard


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