3 Quotes & Sayings By Hugh Kingsmill

Hugh Kingsmill is a British poet, writer, and director of creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He has published five collections of poems, most recently The Day After Yesterday (2009) and A Bridge to Nowhere (2001). His work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in The Big Issue, Poetry Review, Poetry London, Poetry Wales, Poetry London Weekend, Poetry Review Scotland, Poetry Review Wales, Poetry Wales, Poetry Review Scotland. He has also published two volumes of verse criticism Read more

His new collection of poems, Blossoms for Teargas (2012), is his first book since 2006’s The Question Is How Can We Please You? He lives in Norwich with his wife and two children.

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A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development. Hugh Kingsmill
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Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive. Hugh Kingsmill