Covering everything from love and freedom to protest and body images, dip in and embrace words of beauty on a daily basis. Plus, it’s a beauty to hold.
Stylist
this is a collection to stir the blood and resonate in the bones.
Guardian
A deeper celebration of female wordsmiths you'll struggle to find
- Cyan Turan, Red
Women sometimes get overlooked in poetry anthologies, but She is Fierce more than makes up for it.
Independent
it would make a wonderful gift for any feminist reader or writer
For Books Sake
If you know a poetry lover then this new and beautiful collection would make a perfect Christmas gift!
Of Beauty and Nothingness
An outstanding collection of poetry for teenagers by a host of women writers, from Maya Angelou to Elizabeth Bishop. Lots of teen friendly topics are included - from growing up to friendship and courage. Ideal for the young feminist in your family.
Irish Independent
I use this wonderful collection with my teen writing club, it’s a perfect blend of political, personal, witty and wise poetry [...] An outstanding collection, highly recommend
Irish Independent
A fantastic celebration of female wordsmiths which deserves to be in our classrooms and on our bookshelves
- NATE, Teaching English
A poetry collection – all women, all stories from some of the bravest, history changing female voices.
- Angels and Witches,
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Om bidragsyterne
Ana Sampson is the author of many bestselling anthologies including I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Other Poems You Half-Remember from School, Tyger Tyger Burning Bright: Much Loved Poems you Half-Remember, Poems to Learn by Heart, Green and Pleasant Land: Best-Loved Poems of the British Countryside and Best-Loved Poems: A Treasury of Verse.
Ana grew up in Kent and studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield. After achieving both a BA and an MA, she began a career in publishing PR and has appeared multiple times on radio and television discussing books and poetry. Ana lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters and two demanding cats.
She is Fierce is her first poetry collection for Macmillan.