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Zoë Brigley or Zoë Brigley Thompson (born 1981) is a Welsh poet, editor of '' Poetry Wales'', and assistant professor in the Department of English of
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Biography

Brigley was born in 1981 and grew up in
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in the
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. She has a BA (2002), MA (2004) and PhD (2007) from the
University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...
. Her doctoral thesis was titled: ''Exile and ecology : the poetic practice of
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, Pascale Petit and Deryn Rees-Jones''. She won a 2003
Eric Gregory Award The Eric Gregory Award is a literary award given annually by the Society of Authors for a collection by United Kingdom poets under the age of 30. The award was founded in 1960 by Dr. Eric Gregory to support and encourage young poets. Past winne ...
, an award given by the
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for a collection by a poet aged under 30. She has had three volumes of poetry published by
Bloodaxe Books Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry. History Bloodaxe Books was founded in 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Neil Astley, who is still editor and managing director. Bloodaxe moved its editorial office to Northumbe ...
: ''The Secret'' (2007), ''Conquest'' (2012), and ''Hand & Skull'' (2019). All three were
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recommendations. In 2019 she published ''Notes from a Swing State: Writings from Wales and America'' and co-edited ''Feminism, Literature and Rape Narratives: Violence and Violation''. In 2021, Brigley edited a special issue of the magazine Magma Poetry with Rob A. Mackenzie and Kristian Evans. In 2021 Brigley and Marvin Thompson were appointed as the first joint editors of the magazine '' Poetry Wales''. However, Thompson stepped down from the role three weeks later. Since then, Brigley has introduced a scheme where a series of contributing editors join the magazine for a couple of issues. She edited with Kristian Evans the anthology ''100 Poems to Save the Earth'' for
Seren Books Seren Books is the trading name of Poetry Wales Press, an independent publisher based in Bridgend, Wales, specialising in English-language writing from WalesFelicity Wood (23 August 2013). Rhyme and reason: The poetry market is a notoriously diffic ...
, and in 2022 became a poetry editor for the press along with the Welsh poet Rhian Edwards. Brigley was married to mathematics professor Dan Thompson, but they have divorced.


Selected publications

*''The Secret'' (2007), Bloodaxe Books: ) * ''Conquest'' (2012, Bloodaxe Books: ) *''Hand & Skull'' (2019, Bloodaxe Books: ) * ''Notes from a Swing State: Writings from Wales and America'' (2019, Parthian Books: ) *Co-edited:


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External links

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Profile at Ohio State University
Living people 21st-century British poets 21st-century British women writers Alumni of the University of Warwick Ohio State University faculty People from Caerphilly 1981 births {{UK-poet-stub