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Set Me On Fire

A Poem For Every Feeling
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Set Me On Fire is a vibrant anthology of poetry curated by journalist Ella Risbridger, featuring diverse voices from poets around the world, both living and deceased. Organised by feeling, the collection explores universal themes of love, heartbreak, desire, grief, and the complexities of life, offering poems for moments when readers need to know they are not alone in their experiences.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for readers seeking an accessible entry into poetry or those who appreciate emotional, feeling-driven collections. Suitable for fans of contemporary poetry anthologies and anyone looking to connect through shared human experiences.

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'Broad in scope, generous in spirit and wittily accompanied by Risbridger's commentary'
Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

Set Me On Fire is an anthology for a new moment in poetry: a collection of fresh, vibrant voices from poets all over the globe, both living and dead.

For the moments when you need to know that someone else has been there too. An anthology of diverse, fresh, vibrant voices organised by feeling from much-loved journalist Ella Risbridger.

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For the moments when you need to know that someone else has been there too. An anthology of diverse, fresh, vibrant voices organised by feeling from much-loved journalist Ella Risbridger.

'Broad in scope, generous in spirit and wittily accompanied by Risbridger's commentary'
Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent

Set Me On Fire is an anthology for a new moment in poetry— a collection of fresh, vibrant voices from poets all over the globe, both living and dead. With an intuitive, accessible, feelings-first format, these are poems for the moments when you really need to know that someone else has been there too.

These are poems about eating and kissing and having too many feelings, about being outside and inside and loving someone so much you think you might die. They are about break-ups and getting back together and oh-god-it's-complicated-don't-ask-me moments. They are about wanting and waiting and having, about grieving and life after death and the end of the world.

They are, in other words, about being alive.

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Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent, praises the anthology as broad in scope, generous in spirit, and wittily accompanied by Risbridger's commentary, crediting it with curing her suspicion of poetry. The Guardian describes it as a fortifying collection and a lucky dip of familiar and unfamiliar voices. The Daily Mail highlights Risbridger's enthusiastic notes as refreshing and helpful, making poetry accessible and inviting. Lauren Bravo calls it a gorgeous anthology that converts cynics and delights the poetically inclined.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780857526267

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 October 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Doubleday

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 162.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 397g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Ella Risbridger is a writer and poet. She has written for the Guardian, Prospect, Grazia and Stylist, among others and wrote a column in The Pool called 'My Life in Poems'. Set Me On Fire is her first poetry anthology.

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