Faber & Faber poetry diary 2016

the long version

"The Faber poetry list, originally founded in the 1920s, was shaped by the taste of T.S. Eliot, who was its guiding light for nearly forty years. Since the sixties, each passing decade has seen the list grow with the addition of poets who were arguably the finest of the generation. In recent years the creation of the Poet-to-Poet series has further broadened the scope of faber poetry by including the work of great poets from the past, selected and introduced by the contemporary poets they have inspired"--Back cover.