Mark Ford (born 1962 Nairobi, Kenya) is a British poet. He is currently Professor of English in the Department of English Language and Literature at University College London.
Mark Ford was born in Nairobi, Kenya on the 24th June, 1962 to Donald and Mary Ford. His father worked for the airlines BOAC, then British Airways. As a result, he had a peripatetic childhood, moving 'to a new country roughly every 18 months', accompanied by a 'sense of rootlessness or of not belonging'.[1][2]
After school in London, he attended Oxford University, graduating in 1983 with a First in English Literature. He then studied at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar, before returning to Oxford to study for his doctorate, writing his thesis on the poetry of John Ashbery, supervised by John Bayley. After a number of years working as an lecturer in Oxford and London, he then moved to Japan, where he was Visiting Lecturer at Kyoto University between 1991-3.
Following this appointment, he worked as a freelance writer, principally reviewing poetry for The Guardian.
Raymond Roussel and the Republic of Dreams (Faber & Faber, 2000; Cornell University Press, 2001)
A Driftwood Altar: Essays and Reviews (Waywiser Press, 2006)
Mr and Mrs Stevens and Other Essays (Peter Lang, 2011)
This Dialogue of One: Essays on Poets from John Donne to Joan Murray (Eyewear Press, 2014)
Thomas Hardy: Half a Londoner (Harvard University Press, 2016)
Woman Much Missed: Thomas Hardy, Emma Hardy, and Poetry (Oxford University Press, forthcoming July 2023)[6]
Translationedit
New Impressions of Africa (Princeton University Press, 2011)
A Monkey at the Window by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, parallel text, co-translated with Sarah Maguire (Bloodaxe Books, 2016)
The Alley of Fireflies and Other Stories by Raymond Roussel, with an introduction and notes (The Song Cave, 2019)
Jules Laforgue: Selected Poems (The Song Cave, forthcoming November 2023)
Editions and anthologiesedit
No Name by Wilkie Collins edited with an introduction, notes and bibliography (Penguin Classics, 1994)
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens edited with an introduction, notes and bibliography (Penguin Classics, 1999)
‘Why I Am Not a Painter’ and other poems by Frank O’Hara, with an introduction and bibliography (Carcanet, 2003)
Something We Have That They Don’t: British & American Poetic Relations Since 1925, with an introduction and bibliography, co-edited with Steve Clark (University of Iowa Press, 2004)
The New York Poets: An Anthology, with an introduction and bibliography (Carcanet, 2004)
The New York Poets II: An Anthology, co-edited with Trevor Winkfield, with an introduction and bibliography (Carcanet, 2006)
Frank O’Hara: Selected Poems, with an introduction and bibliography (Knopf, 2008)
Allen Ginsberg: Poems Selected by Mark Ford, with an introduction (Faber & Faber, 2008)
John Ashbery: Collected Poems Volume 1, 1956-1987 with chronology and notes (Library of America, 2008; Carcanet, 2010)
Mick Imlah: Selected Poems (Faber & Faber, 2010)
London: A History in Verse with an introduction (Harvard University Press, 2012 (paperback, 2015))
The Best British Poetry 2014 with an introduction (Salt, 2014, 192pp.)
John Ashbery: Collected Poems Volume 2, 1988-2000 with chronology and notes (Library of America, 2017; Carcanet, 2018)
Miscellaneousedit
John Ashbery in Conversation with Mark Ford (Between the Lines, 2003)
And So It Goes: Letters from Young Mr Grace (aka John Ashbery) (PN Review, Vol. 44, no. 3, 2018, pp. 45-51)
Articles and essaysedit
‘John Ashbery and Raymond Roussel’ in Verse (Vol. 3 no. 3, 1986, pp. 1-21).
‘Non Persona: The Diversity of John Ashbery’ in Scripsi (Vol. 8, no. 3, 1993, pp. 225-233).
‘Wanting to Go to Bed With Frank O’Hara’ in Scripsi (Vol. 9, no. 2, 1993, pp. 141-150).
‘A New Kind of Emptiness’ (on John Ashbery) in P.N. Review (Vol. 21, no.1, 1994, pp. 48-50).
‘Genius in its Pure State: The Literary Manuscripts of Raymond Roussel’ in The London Review of Books (Vol. 19, no. 10, 1997, pp. 19-21).
‘Inventions of Solitude: Thoreau and Auster’ in Journal of American Studies (Vol. 32, 1998, pp. 201-219).
‘A Wide and Wingless Path to the Impossible: The Poetry of F.T. Prince’ in P.N. Review (Vol. 29, no. 1, 2002, pp. 31-33).
‘Like a Lily Daché Hat’ (on James Schuyler) in Poetry Review (Vol. 92. no. 3, 2002, pp. 55-62).
‘Elizabeth Bishop at the Water’s Edge’ in Essays in Criticism (Vol. 8, no. 3, July 2003, pp. 235-261).
‘Thomas Lovell Beddoes: Death’s Jest-Book’ in Poetry Review (Vol. 93, no. 4, 2004, pp. 52-61).
‘Elizabeth Bishop’s Aviary’ in the London Review of Books (Vol. 29, no. 23, 2007, pp. 20-22).
‘Uncollected, Unpublished, Unfinished’ (on the manuscripts of Mick Imlah) in Oxford Poetry (Vol. 13, no. 2, 2010, pp. 49-56).
‘Joan Murray and the Bats of Wisdom’ in Poetry (Vol. 203, no. 5, 2014, pp. 473-488).
‘Entropy with Doxology’ (on A.R. Ammons) in Poetry (Vol. 213, No. 4, 2019, pp. 390-402).
‘She Opened the Door: Thomas Hardy, Emma Hardy, and Poetry’ in Essays in Criticism (Vol. 70, No. 2, 2020, pp. 139-159, (F.W. Bateson Memorial Lecture)).
Referencesedit
^""creativity is an ongoing battle with language"- a Q & A with Mark Ford – The Poetry Society". poetrysociety.org.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^"'Trial and Error' – interview by Declan Ryan | Prac Crit". Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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born 1962 Nairobi Kenya is a British poet He is currently Professor of English in the Department of English Language and Literature at University College London Mark FordBorn1962Nairobi KenyaNationalityBritishOccupation s Poet Academic literary criticAcademic backgroundEducationUniversity of OxfordHarvard UniversityAlma materUniversity of Oxford BA DPhil Academic workInstitutionsUniversity College LondonUniversity of Kyoto Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 2 1 Poetry 2 2 Prose 2 3 Translation 2 4 Editions and anthologies 2 5 Miscellaneous 2 6 Articles and essays 3 References 4 External linksLife editMark Ford was born in Nairobi Kenya on the 24th June 1962 to Donald and Mary Ford His father worked for the airlines BOAC then British Airways As a result he had a peripatetic childhood moving to a new country roughly every 18 months accompanied by a sense of rootlessness or of not belonging 1 2 After school in London he attended Oxford University graduating in 1983 with a First in English Literature He then studied at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar before returning to Oxford to study for his doctorate writing his thesis on the poetry of John Ashbery supervised by John Bayley After a number of years working as an lecturer in Oxford and London he then moved to Japan where he was Visiting Lecturer at Kyoto University between 1991 3 Following this appointment he worked as a freelance writer principally reviewing poetry for The Guardian He is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books 3 Times Literary Supplement 4 and the London Review of Books 5 Bibliography editPoetry edit Landlocked Chatto amp Windus 1992 1998 Soft Sift Faber amp Faber 2001 Harcourt Brace 2003 Six Children Faber amp Faber 2011 Selected Poems Coffee House Press 2014 Enter Fleeing Faber amp Faber 2018 Prose edit Raymond Roussel and the Republic of Dreams Faber amp Faber 2000 Cornell University Press 2001 A Driftwood Altar Essays and Reviews Waywiser Press 2006 Mr and Mrs Stevens and Other Essays Peter Lang 2011 This Dialogue of One Essays on Poets from John Donne to Joan Murray Eyewear Press 2014 Thomas Hardy Half a Londoner Harvard University Press 2016 Woman Much Missed Thomas Hardy Emma Hardy and Poetry Oxford University Press forthcoming July 2023 6 Translation edit New Impressions of Africa Princeton University Press 2011 A Monkey at the Window by Al Saddiq Al Raddi parallel text co translated with Sarah Maguire Bloodaxe Books 2016 The Alley of Fireflies and Other Stories by Raymond Roussel with an introduction and notes The Song Cave 2019 Jules Laforgue Selected Poems The Song Cave forthcoming November 2023 Editions and anthologies edit No Name by Wilkie Collins edited with an introduction notes and bibliography Penguin Classics 1994 Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens edited with an introduction notes and bibliography Penguin Classics 1999 Why I Am Not a Painter and other poems by Frank O Hara with an introduction and bibliography Carcanet 2003 Something We Have That They Don t British amp American Poetic Relations Since 1925 with an introduction and bibliography co edited with Steve Clark University of Iowa Press 2004 The New York Poets An Anthology with an introduction and bibliography Carcanet 2004 The New York Poets II An Anthology co edited with Trevor Winkfield with an introduction and bibliography Carcanet 2006 Frank O Hara Selected Poems with an introduction and bibliography Knopf 2008 Allen Ginsberg Poems Selected by Mark Ford with an introduction Faber amp Faber 2008 John Ashbery Collected Poems Volume 1 1956 1987 with chronology and notes Library of America 2008 Carcanet 2010 Mick Imlah Selected Poems Faber amp Faber 2010 London A History in Verse with an introduction Harvard University Press 2012 paperback 2015 The Best British Poetry 2014 with an introduction Salt 2014 192pp John Ashbery Collected Poems Volume 2 1988 2000 with chronology and notes Library of America 2017 Carcanet 2018 Miscellaneous edit John Ashbery in Conversation with Mark Ford Between the Lines 2003 And So It Goes Letters from Young Mr Grace aka John Ashbery PN Review Vol 44 no 3 2018 pp 45 51 Articles and essays edit John Ashbery and Raymond Roussel in Verse Vol 3 no 3 1986 pp 1 21 Non Persona The Diversity of John Ashbery in Scripsi Vol 8 no 3 1993 pp 225 233 Wanting to Go to Bed With Frank O Hara in Scripsi Vol 9 no 2 1993 pp 141 150 A New Kind of Emptiness on John Ashbery in P N Review Vol 21 no 1 1994 pp 48 50 Genius in its Pure State The Literary Manuscripts of Raymond Roussel in The London Review of Books Vol 19 no 10 1997 pp 19 21 Inventions of Solitude Thoreau and Auster in Journal of American Studies Vol 32 1998 pp 201 219 A Wide and Wingless Path to the Impossible The Poetry of F T Prince in P N Review Vol 29 no 1 2002 pp 31 33 Like a Lily Dache Hat on James Schuyler in Poetry Review Vol 92 no 3 2002 pp 55 62 Elizabeth Bishop at the Water s Edge in Essays in Criticism Vol 8 no 3 July 2003 pp 235 261 Thomas Lovell Beddoes Death s Jest Book in Poetry Review Vol 93 no 4 2004 pp 52 61 Elizabeth Bishop s Aviary in the London Review of Books Vol 29 no 23 2007 pp 20 22 Uncollected Unpublished Unfinished on the manuscripts of Mick Imlah in Oxford Poetry Vol 13 no 2 2010 pp 49 56 Joan Murray and the Bats of Wisdom in Poetry Vol 203 no 5 2014 pp 473 488 Entropy with Doxology on A R Ammons in Poetry Vol 213 No 4 2019 pp 390 402 She Opened the Door Thomas Hardy Emma Hardy and Poetry in Essays in Criticism Vol 70 No 2 2020 pp 139 159 F W Bateson Memorial Lecture References edit creativity is an ongoing battle with language a Q amp A with Mark Ford The Poetry Society poetrysociety org uk Retrieved 15 April 2023 Trial and Error interview by Declan Ryan Prac Crit Retrieved 15 April 2023 Mark Ford Mark Ford Archives TLS Retrieved 16 April 2023 Mark Ford LRB UCL 30 April 2018 Professor Mark Ford UCL English Retrieved 16 April 2023 External links editPodcast Interview with Ford by Andre Naffis Sahely Poetry 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