Linda Black

Linda Black studied at Leeds Art College, Goldsmiths and the Slade School. She ran Apollo Etching Studio in London and has exhibited widely. Her poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, most recently I am Twenty People! (Enitharmon, 2007). She was the recipient of the 2004/5 Poetry School Scholarship and a pamphlet of her work, The beating of wings (Hearing Eye, 2006) was the PBS Pamphlet Choice for Spring 2007. She was the winner of the 2006 New Writing Ventures Award for...See more

Linda Black studied at Leeds Art College, Goldsmiths and the Slade School. She ran Apollo Etching Studio in London and has exhibited widely. Her poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, most recently I am Twenty People! (Enitharmon, 2007). She was the recipient of the 2004/5 Poetry School Scholarship and a pamphlet of her work, The beating of wings (Hearing Eye, 2006) was the PBS Pamphlet Choice for Spring 2007. She was the winner of the 2006 New Writing Ventures Award for poetry. 'Root' is her second collection from Shearsman, following 'Inventory' (2008). See less