T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes 2025

Nick Makoha – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Nick Makoha on his collection The New Carthaginians. Blurring the Boundary Esther Kondo Heller said The New Carthaginians breaks the conventions…

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Gillian Allnutt – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Gillian Allnut on her collection Lode. Finding Forms ‘I love this poor earth for I have known no other’ is, as…

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Natalie Shapero – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Natalie Shapero on her collection Stay Dead. The Way Out Something I get asked a lot is whether my poems are…

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Vona Groarke – T.S. Eliot Writers’ Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Vona Groarke on her collection Infinity Pool. Floaters & Flashes I’m deeply suspicious of the term ‘my practice’ when used by…

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