Black Cat Bone (poetry collection)
Book by John Burnside
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Black Cat Bone is a poetry collection by John Burnside, published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape.[1][2] It was the Scottish poet's 11th collection.[3]
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| Author | John Burnside |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 80 |
| Awards | Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection; T. S. Eliot Prize |
| ISBN | 9780224093859 |
| Preceded by | The Hunt in the Forest |
| Followed by | All One Breath |
According to Fiona Sampson writing in The Independent:
"Black Cat Bone distils its dreamscapes into four sections. The opening long poem, "The Fair Chase", is followed by "Everafter", an exploration of romantic love and its repeated disappointment; "Black Cat Bone", haunted by images of a murdered girl; and "Faith", a series of poems broadly concerned with keeping faith with the human condition".[4]
Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award;[4][5] and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award.[6][7][8] As of 2023[update], Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book.[9]
