Journals

R.F. Langley's 'Collected Poems' (Carcanet 2000) was one of the poetic highlights of recent times showing a sometimes sceptical public that a contemporary poet could still engage with the shades of Modernism and produce fascinating and original work. Throughout his life the author has been maintaining a journal which is part diary part autobiography and part commonplace book; some extracts from these fascinating volumes have been appearing in 'P N Review' since 2002. This book offers a number of selections ranging in time from 1970 to 2005 which will give admirers of his poetry a clearer idea of the author's other writings which run in parallel with his poetry and sometimes provide the underpinnings for it.