Sam Rogers' Outputs (5)

Extract from "More on the Plums" (2021)
Journal Article

One poem, extracted from my longer sequence "More on the Plums".

Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961) (2021)
Book Chapter

Roy Fisher (1930–2017) was a major figure in British poetry, with a body of work which bridged the gap between mainstream and modernist writing. A significant artist of English urban space, Fisher’s work insistently returned to his exploration of Bir... Read More about Birmingham as “composite monster”: Roy Fisher’s city (1961).

Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry (2021)
Book Chapter

In this discussion, the earlier poetry of Zoë Skoulding is analyzed as a case study for an expanded sense of the contemporary lyric genre. Through a fixation on visual apparatuses including eyes, lenses, binoculars, and mirrors, Skoulding’s The Mirro... Read More about Wires, mirrors, tricks of the light: Zoë Skoulding and lyric poetry.

Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry (2021)
Book Chapter

The Yearbook of English Studies for 2021 examines contemporary poetry from Britain and Ireland. Edited by Samuel Rogers, the volume contains fourteen essays exploring a range of poetry from 1980 and the present. Poetry continues to be a dynamic cultu... Read More about Introduction: Situating contemporary poetry.

Extract from "More on the Plums" (2021)
Journal Article

One poem, extracted from my longer sequence "More on the Plums".