John Stammers has a poetic mind original enough to read the most mundane and familiar events as great portents and wonders, and an eye clear enough to uncover the surreal when it's right under our noses.
Stammers' third collection is a vast map of an imaginative space that coincides with the known world, but radically changes the way we perceive it. Interior Night sees a restlessly eclectic mind engaged with the whole range of human creation, from our cultural icons to our cultural detritus. John Stammers read philosophy at King's College London and is an Associate of Kings' College. His first collection, 'Panoramic Lounge-Bar', was awarded the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2001, shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award 2001 and a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. His second collection, 'Stolen Love Behaviour,' was selected as a Poerty Book Society Choice. He was appointed Judith E. Wilson Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2002. He is a creative writing tutor and freelance writer. He lives in Islington, London where he was born.
