Black Cat Bone (poetry collection) explained

Black Cat Bone is a poetry collection by John Burnside, published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape.^{[1] [2]} It was the Scottish poet's 11th collection.^[3]

According to Fiona Sampson writing in The Independent:

"Black Cat Bone distils its dreamscapes into four sections. The opening long poem, "The Fair Chase", is followed by "Everafter", an exploration of romantic love and its repeated disappointment; "Black Cat Bone", haunted by images of a murdered girl; and "Faith", a series of poems broadly concerned with keeping faith with the human condition".^[4]

Black Cat Bone won the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2011, a £10,000 award;^{[4] [5]} and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2012, a £15,000 award.^{[6] [7] [8]}, Burnside was one of only three poets to have won both prizes for the same book.^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: Thomas . M. Wynn . 2011-09-06 . Black Cat Bone by John Burnside – review . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-11-10 . 0261-3077.
2. Web site: Griffin . Carl . 2012-10-20 . Black Cat Bone by John Burnside. 2023-11-10 . . en-US.
3. News: Kennedy . Maev . 2012-01-16 . John Burnside wins most controversial TS Eliot prize in decades . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-11-10 . 0261-3077.
4. Web site: 2011-10-24 . Black Cat Bone, By John Burnside . 2023-11-10 . The Independent . en.
5. News: 2012-01-16 . TS Eliot poetry prize win for John Burnside . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-11-10.
6. Web site: 2012-01-16 . John Burnside wins the TS Eliot prize . 2023-11-10 . The Telegraph . en.
7. Web site: 2012-01-17 . Former drug addict wins prestigious poetry prize . 2023-11-10 . The Independent . en.
8. Web site: Elmhirst . Sophie . 2012-01-16 . John Burnside wins the T S Eliot prize . 2023-11-10 . New Statesman . en-US.
9. News: Creamer . Ella . 2023-11-09 . John Burnside wins the 2023 David Cohen prize for amazing body of work . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-11-10 . 0261-3077.