The Poetry Quartets 6 Moniza Alvi, Michael Donaghy, Anne Stevenson, George Szirtes

This wide-ranging series of recordings of leading contemporary poets has been originated by the British Council with Bloodaxe Books. Each two-hour double-cassette is a poetry quartet of four poets reading and talking about their work, each writer with a half-hour selection. Poetry Quartets: 6 brings together four poets from other countries who live in Britain and have often written about exile or displacement: Moniza Alvi (born in Pakistan), Michael Donaghy (Irish American), Anne Stevenson (born in Britain of American parents and brought up in the States) and George Szirtes (who fled from Hungary as a child refugee). This authoritative series reflects the diversity and excitement of today's poetry. With further Quartets released each year, it forms a classic collection of poetry's liveliest voices - essential listening for anyone interested in modern poetry.