Effects
by Alan Jenkins
Effects by Alan Jenkins explores the poet’s memories of his mother as, after she has died, he holds her hand
Alan Jenkins was born in Surry and lived much of his youth in Richmond. He spent time working for The Times Literary Supplement as an editor and The Observer and the Sunday Independent as a critic. He won the Eric Gregory Award in 1981 and was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize for The Drift in 2000. He has taught creative writing in both England and France while also spending time as the Poet in Residence at St. John’s College, University of Cambridge.
Effects by Alan Jenkins explores the poet’s memories of his mother as, after she has died, he holds her hand