Shortlisted Poet in Focus: Peter Gizzi

I say ‘fierce elegy’ because for me the elegy is a fierce mode that can take a broken heart in a fierce world and transform it into a fierce heart in a broken world. – Peter Gizzi, T. S. Eliot Prize film interview

Peter Gizzi, shortlisted with his collection Fierce Elegy (Penguin Poetry, 2024), is the featured poet in this week’s Eliot Prize e-newsletter.

The newsletter tells you about the wide range of content we have just published to help you get to know Peter Gizzi and his collection. This includes specially produced videos of the poet reading from Fierce Elegy, and talking affectingly and in depth about the composition of his poems and the themes they investigate.

Download the Reader’s Notes on Fierce Elegy, which include a selection of poems from the collection, plus reviews, reading suggestions, and a writing prompt or two for those inspired to respond creatively. The aim of the Readers’ Notes is to inspire deeper readings of the book, individually or shared with friends, book groups or writing workshops.

We have also published an insightful review, specially commissioned from John Field.

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