Rory Waterman (born in Belfast, 1981) is a poet, critic, editor and academic resident in Nottingham, England.[1]
Rory Waterman | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | British, Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester, Durham University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Nottingham Trent University |
Early life
editWaterman lived in Coleraine, County Londonderry until the age of two, then grew up mainly in Nocton, Lincolnshire with his mother and grandmother, then in Metheringham, with long stays in Coleraine in Northern Ireland from the age of 10, to see his father.[2] He then took degrees in English at the University of Leicester and Durham University.
Career
editWaterman teaches at Nottingham Trent University, and co-edits the poetry pamphlet press New Walk Editions, with Nick Everett at the University of Leicester. He is also a critic and reviewer, writing regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, PN Review, and other publications, and the author of several books of literary criticism. His poetry has been shortlisted for a Ledbury Forte Prize and a Seamus Heaney Prize, and has been made a PBS Recommendation.
In addition to his four collections with Carcanet, his poems have appeared in the New Statesman, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and various other magazines and newspapers, as well as a number of anthologies, including The Best British Poetry and The Forward Book of Poetry.[3][4] The Manchester Review wrote that 'Rory Waterman's first complete collection, Tonight the Summer’s Over was much lauded, seen as "the best first collection for the past couple of years" and was a PBS recommendation. The splendidly titled Brexit Day on the Balmoral Estate is a fine widening out of subject matter.' The TLS, reviewing his second book, commended him for a 'seriousness of form and subject uncommon among his generation', and describes his work as 'subversive – and substantial.'[5] His most recent collection, Come Here to This Gate, was described as 'A wise and deeply satisfying collection' in The Guardian.[6] His critical essays have appeared in Essays in Criticism, English, Poetry Review, PN Review, and elsewhere.
Books
editPoetry
edit- Come Here to This Gate (Carcanet Press, 2024)
- Sweet Nothings (Carcanet Press, 2020)
- Sarajevo Roses (Carcanet Press, 2017) - shortlisted for the Ledbury Forte Prize 2019
- Brexit Day on the Balmoral Estate (Rack Press, 2017) - pamphlet
- Tonight the Summer's Over (Carcanet Press, 2013) - Poetry Book Society Recommendation, shortlisted for Seamus Heaney Prize 2014
Criticism
edit- Endless Present: Selected Articles, Reviews and Dispatches, 2010-23 (Shoestring Press, 2024)
- Wendy Cope (Liverpool University Press, 2021)
- Poets of the Second World War (Liverpool University Press, 2016)
- Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R. S. Thomas and Charles Causley (Routledge, 2014)
Edited by
edit- with Anthony Caleshu, Poetry & Covid-19 (Shearsman, 2021)
- W. H. Davies: Essays on the Super-Tramp Poet (Anthem, 2021)
- with David Belbin, 25 (Shoestring, 2019)
- Something Happens, Sometimes Here: Contemporary Lincolnshire Poets (Five Leaves, 2015)
- W. H. Davies, The True Traveller: A Reader (Carcanet/Fyfield Books, 2015)
References
edit- ^ "Rory Waterman". Carcanet Press. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Rainbow, The Wombwell (13 July 2020). "Wombwell Rainbow Book Interviews: Rory Waterman and "Sweet Nothings"". The Wombwell Rainbow. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Bennetts, Russell (2015). Poets for Corbyn (PDF). Pendant Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9928034-5-2.
- ^ Bennetts, Russell (25 August 2015). "Yes we scan: Poets line up for Jeremy Corbyn". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Books". 9 August 2013.
- ^ Wheatley, David (3 May 2024). "The best recent poetry – review roundup". The Guardian.