Isaac and I: A Life in Poetry Peter Sirr Novelist Edna O'Brien remembers being

Novelist Edna O'Brien remembers being 'very frightened' of having her nipples touched

disease and cruelty

from their families or from society

Frida Kahlo

the first time this award was given to a poet

Isaac and I: A Life in Poetry Peter Sirr Novelist Edna O'Brien remembers being2nd Edition published May 2021 Isaac and I is the autobiography of Chris Searle, who braces his own story with the life of his greatest influence, East London poet Isaac Rosenberg. The book tells of East London during the 1970s through the poetry of many of its people, in the spirit of their great predecessors such as Blake and Rosenberg. It is a praisesong to the poetical spirit and talent of people born in ordinary circumstances who, like Rosenberg,