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Most men prefer a self-deprecating woman. Generations of disapproval leave their mark-and install beliefs, mindsets and habits so rigid that they are hard to break. In Project Boast, Rachel Bentham and Alyson Hallett seek out contemporary women poets who are speaking out, registering the straitjacket they have had to wear, and celebrating the emerging possibility of change. The result is this collection of 65 poems by 28 women poets-poems that are a reminder and a joyous encouragement, a feast, and a bitter rejoinder.

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From Sappho's alchemy of silence to Penelope Shuttle's wild, unrepentant roses of Katherine of Aragon, these poems are a cabal, a coven, a community, a choir of women's voices at once brave, painful and subtle. Together, they stand their ground and disturb the peace with a loudness hard won from centuries of humility. If Sarah Guppy could have raised her famous suspension bridge on the tensile strength of words, it would look something like this. â Professor Sandeep Parmar Department of English, Liverpool University; Co-Director, Centre for New and International Writing

From Sappho's alchemy of silence to Penelope Shuttle's wild, unrepentant roses of Katherine of Aragon, these poems are a cabal, a coven, a community, a choir of women's voices at once brave, painful and subtle. Together, they stand their ground and disturb the peace with a loudness hard won from centuries of humility. If Sarah Guppy could have raised her famous suspension bridge on the tensile strength of words, it would look something like this. a  Professor Sandeep Parmar Department of English, Liverpool University; Co-Director, Centre for New and International Writing

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Rachel Bentham is a poet and scriptwriter. Her writing has frequently been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and her poetry and scripts have won prizes in the UK and USA. She also writes short stories. Her most recent poetry collections are Let All Tongues Flower and Trust. She has been an RLF Fellow at Exeter, Cardiff, Bath and Bristol Universities, and she lectures in creative writing at Bristol and Bath Spa Universities. As a Lead Trainer for Writing Project, she has run workshops for the BBC, Creative Youth Network, Bristol and Nottingham Council, and others. She helps clients to become more effective in their professional writing, cutting the clutter while maintaining a 'house' style.

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