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Writing the City by Chris McCabe

This is a short download, containing a brief burst of advice about a specific area of craft or inspiration - perfect for breaking open new ideas.

Chris sets an exercise which sees you walking round a city (or town or village - wherever you are with other people about), recording your impressions and combining them in unusual ways to generate new poems.

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Chris McCabe

Chris McCabe was born in Liverpool in 1977. His poetry has featured in a number of magazines including Magma and Poetry Review. His first collection The Hutton Inquiry was published in 2005, his second Zeppelins was recently published by Salt. He has discussed and read his poetry on BBC World Service, featured a poem on the Oxfam CD Lifelines and performs his work regularly. He currently works as Joint Librarian of The Poetry Library and lives in Dagenham with his wife and son.