Hannah Lowe
Hannah Lowe (born 1976) is a British writer, known for her collection of poetry Chick (2013) and family memoir Long Time, No See (2015).[1][2][3][4]
Lowe was born in Ilford, Essex, in 1976. She taught English, and went on to teach Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University.[1] She began writing poetry at the age of 29 after her Jamaican-Chinese father died and her English mother had a stroke, later reflecting: "I had been suppressing a lot of grief over a sustained period of time and poetry... opened a door on that pain. I found that I could revisit the past in my poems, and contain it, or alter it even." Following a suggestion by John Glenday at a course in 2010, she began to write about her father and this formed her debut collection Chick (Bloodaxe Books, 2013).[3] This work was shortlisted for the Forward and Fenton Adelburgh First Collection Prizes. In September 2014, the Poetry Book Society included Lowe in its list of Next Generation Poets, published each decade.[4]
Lowe's family memoir Long Time, No See was published by Periscope in July 2015 and was featured on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.[1][5] Lowe cites Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anne Sexton, and Mark Doty as influences for her work.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Hannah Lowe". Next Generation Poets 2014.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, Jimmy Osmond; Sir Michael Parker; Hannah Lowe; Rob Forkan". BBC.
- 1 2 3 "Hannah Lowe". forwardartsfoundation.org.
- 1 2 British Council. "Hannah Lowe - British Council Literature". britishcouncil.org.
- ↑ Long Time No See at Periscope.
External links
- Melissa Richards, "Making her claim: Writer Hannah Lowe", Caribbean Beat, Issue 124 (November/December 2013).