Geraldine Monk was born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1952. Since first being published in the 1970s she has written six major collections of poetry and numerous chapbooks. Her writing has appeared extensively in the both the UK and the USA. As an extension to her activities in poetry she collaborates with many musicians including Martin Archer, Charlie Collins and Julie Tippetts. A collection of essays on her poetry, The Salt Companion to Geraldine Monk, edited by Scott Thurston, was brought out in 2007 by Salt Publishing.

• Long WakeRotationsLa Quinta del SordoBanquetAngles Diversions CornersAnimal CrackersSky ScrapersHerein Lie Tales of Two Inner CitiesLatitudesInterregnumTrilogyManufractured MoonThe Transparent OnesInsubstantial Thoughts on the Transubstantiation of the Text.Absent Friends

I am continuously awed by Monk’s opening out of experiential spaces both in terms of drama and close feeling, the way she catches the small words we offer in the face of immensities.