New and Selected Poems

The most original poet of his generation – Carol Ann Duffy * Guardian *
‘Duhig telescopes topical allusions, scholarly references and coarse humour into tightly-shaped, surreal poems which burst open with explosive moral force’ – Alan Brownjohn * Sunday Times *
‘His poetry is learned, rude, elegant, sly and funny, mixing gilded images, belly-laughs and esoteric lore about language (including Irish), art, history, politics and children’s word-games’ – Ruth Padel * Independent on Sunday *
…one of Duhig’s charms is that, for all his learning, he retains humility – Kathryn Gray * Magma Review *
Ian is a one-off, a true original. – Jackie Kay * Herald *

Ian Duhig worked with homeless people for fifteen years before becoming a writer and he is still actively involved with minority and marginalised groups on artistic projects. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Cholmondeley Award recipient, Duhig has won the Forward Best Poem Prize once, the National Poetry Competition twice and been shortlisted for the T.S Eliot Prize four times. He lives in Leeds with his wife Jane.

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