Ruth Padel has published thirteen poetry collections, numerous books of non-fiction including two much-loved books on reading contemporary poetry, 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem and The Poem and the Journey, and a novel. Four of her Chatto & Windus collections, Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth, Rembrandt Would Have Loved You (both Poetry Book Society Choices), The Soho Leopard and Voodoo Shop (a PBS...
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