Here, John Wedgwood Clarke reads from his forthcoming collection ‘Boy Thing’ about growing up in West Cornwall.
Described by the Cornishman as a ‘lesser-known son of Cornwall’, John Wedgewood-Clark has published two full collections of poetry, ‘Ghost Pot’ (2103) and ‘Landfill’ (2017).
His work has appeared in the ‘New Statesman’, ‘The Guardian’, ‘Poetry Review’, ‘Poetry Ireland’, ‘Poetry Wales’ and other publications. He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, and, at present is working on a poetry project about the Red River near Camborne.