COAL : Poems | Prose | Photographs Harvard University Press with one eye on the

with one eye on the past and the other on the present

Yang Lian has been one of the most innovative and influential poets from China

“To be deeply serious

it is a story of hope

COAL : Poems | Prose | Photographs Harvard University Press with one eye on theTo mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners Strike, The Poetry Business has worked with the poet Sarah Wimbush, author of STRIKE (Stairwell Books, 2024), and the National Coal Mining Museum for England to produce an anthology of poetry and other creative responses that encompass the years leading up to the strike, the strike itself, and its aftermath. The anthology includes work from established poets, including Ian McMillan, Gillian Clarke and Paul