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(Redirected from Zoë Brigley Thompson) Welsh poet (born 1981)

Zoë Brigley
Born1981 (age 42–43)
OccupationWriter
NationalityWelsh
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
Period2007-
GenrePoetry, Non-Fiction
Notable awards
Website
www.zoebrigley.com

Zoë Brigley or Zoë Brigley Thompson (born 1981) is a Welsh poet, editor of Poetry Wales, and assistant professor in the Department of English of Ohio State University.

Biography

Brigley was born in 1981 and grew up in Caerphilly in the Rhymney Valley. She has a BA (2002), MA (2004) and PhD (2007) from the University of Warwick. Her doctoral thesis was titled: Exile and ecology : the poetic practice of Gwyneth Lewis, Pascale Petit and Deryn Rees-Jones. She won a 2003 Eric Gregory Award, an award given by the Society of Authors for a collection by a poet aged under 30.

She has had three volumes of poetry published by Bloodaxe Books: The Secret (2007), Conquest (2012), and Hand & Skull (2019). All three were Poetry Book Society recommendations. In 2019 she published Notes from a Swing State: Writings from Wales and America and co-edited Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation.

In 2021, Brigley edited a special issue of the magazine Magma Poetry with Rob A. Mackenzie and Kristian Evans. In 2021 Brigley and Marvin Thompson were appointed as the first joint editors of the magazine Poetry Wales. However, Thompson stepped down from the role three weeks later. Since then, Brigley has introduced a scheme where a series of contributing editors join the magazine for a couple of issues. She edited with Kristian Evans the anthology 100 Poems to Save the Earth for Seren Books, and in 2022 became a poetry editor for the press along with the Welsh poet Rhian Edwards.

Brigley was married to mathematics professor Dan Thompson, but they have divorced.

Selected publications

  • The Secret (2007), Bloodaxe Books: ISBN 9781852247874)
  • Conquest (2012, Bloodaxe Books: ISBN 9781852249304)
  • Hand & Skull (2019, Bloodaxe Books: ISBN 9781780374727)
  • Notes from a Swing State: Writings from Wales and America (2019, Parthian Books: ISBN 9781912681617)
  • Co-edited: Gunne, Sorcha; Thompson, Zoe Brigley, eds. (2010). Feminism, literature and rape narratives : violence and violation. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415806084.

References

  1. ^ "Zoë Brigley". www.bloodaxebooks.com. Bloodaxe Books. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Zoë Brigley Thompson". english.osu.edu. Department of English: Ohio State University. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. "Interview: Zoë Brigley". Devolved Voices. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. "Catalogue record for: Exile and ecology ..." JISC Library Hub Discover. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. "Past winners of the Eric Gregory Awards". www.societyofauthors.org. The Society of Authors. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. "Zoë Brigley: The Secret". www.bloodaxebooks.com. Bloodaxe Books. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. "Zoë Brigley: Conquest". Bloodaxe Books. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  8. Webb, Laura May (24 June 2019). "Hand and Skull by Zoe Brigley". Wales Arts Review. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. "Zoë Brigley: Hand & Skull". www.bloodaxebooks.com. Bloodaxe Books. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. "Notes from a Swing State". Parthian Books. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  11. "Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. "Magma 79". Magma Poetry. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. "Joint editors!". Poetry Wales. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. "Marvin Thompson Stepping Down as Poetry Wales Co-Editor". Wales Arts Review. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  15. "Back Issues Archives". Poetry Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  16. "Zoë Brigley and Rhian Edwards become joint Poetry Editors at Seren | Seren Books". www.serenbooks.com. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  17. "#POETIPS 2019: Zoe Brigley". The Poetry Book Society. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  18. Brigley, Zoe (13 September 2022). "Facebook post". Facebook. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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