David Tait
David Tait is the author of four Smith|Doorstop collections: Love’s Loose Ends; Three Dragon Day; Self Portrait with The Happiness and The AQI.
Favourite statement about poetry: The best literature, I feel, is a kind of written-down talk. Not talk as it may come out between the teeth, but a sort of imagined talk – Simon Armitage
Favourite poetry collections:
Karen Solie — The Living Option (Selected)
Elizabeth Bishop — Collected
Kim Addonizio — Selected
Geoff Hattersley — Don’t Worry
Charles Simic — Selected
Jack Gilbert — Collected
Over the course of his residency, David will be writing blog posts, interviews with some of his favourite poets, a selection of writing exercises and prompts, and an audio recording of him reading a selection of his poems.
