Rachael Boast Explained

Rachael Boast
Birth Place:Suffolk, England, UK
Occupation:Poet and writer
Nationality:British
Education:Wolverhampton University
St. Andrew's University
Notableworks:Sidereal
Awards:Seamus Heaney Prize (2012)
Forward Prize (2011)

Rachael Boast (born 1975) is a British poet. She has published four poetry collections: Sidereal (2011), Pilgrim's Flower (2013), Void Studies (2016) and Hotel Raphael (2021).

Biography

Rachael Boast was born in Suffolk in 1975.[1] She graduated from University of Wolverhampton, studying English and Philosophy. After graduation, she moved to the West Country for ten years.[2]

In 2005, Boast moved to Scotland to work on an MLit in Creative Writing at University of St Andrews She later was awarded a PhD, her thesis being "an examination of poetic technique with reference to The Book of Job." Boast's literary role models include: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Arthur Rimbaud, and poet, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau.[3]

Boast published her first poetry collection, Sidereal, in 2011, her second collection, Pilgrim's Flower, in 2013, her third collection, Void Studies, in 2016, and her fourth, Hotel Raphael, in 2021. Her work was published by Picador Books.[4] Boast's poetry has appeared in literary magazines, including Archipelago, New Statesman and The Yellow Nib.[5] Her work has also appeared in the anthologies Stolen Weather (Castle House Press), The Captain’s Tower: Seventy Poets Celebrate Bob Dylan at Seventy (Seren), and Addicted to Brightness (Long Lunch Press).

Boast spends her time in both Scotland and the West Country.

Poetry collections

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pilgrim's Flower by Rachael Boast – review . The Observer . Kate Kellaway. 19 January 2014. 31 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Rachael Boast (b. 1975) . Scottish Poetry Library . 31 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Rachel Boast: Biography . Poetry Invoice . 31 August 2018.
  4. Web site: Rachael Boast: Four Poems . The Compass Magazine . 31 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Rachael Boast . The Poetry Archive . 31 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Rachael Boast . Griffin Poetry Prize . 31 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Rachael Boast wins the Bristol Poetry Prize 2015 . Pan MacMillan Books . 31 August 2018.
  8. Web site: Rachael Boast . Poetry Foundation . 31 August 2018.