20 June 2016
Penguin is launching a new series of succinct collectible guides of contemporary poetry called Penguin Modern Poets.
The series is a revival of the 1960s series that ran to 27 titles under the same name until the mid 1970s in a bid to usher in "a new golden age".
The mission statement of the original guides, assembling groups of writers including the Mersey poets, was to introduce contemporary poetry to the "general reader" by selecting the work of three poets that would best "illustrate the poets' characteristics in style and form".
