Ian Humphreys lives in West Yorkshire. His debut poetry collection Zebra (Nine Arches Press) was nominated for the Portico Prize. He is the editor of Why I Write Poetry (Nine Arches), and the producer and co-editor of After Sylvia: Poems and Essays in Celebration of Sylvia Plath (Nine Arches). Ian was awarded an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant to fund the After Sylvia book and tour project. His work has been highly commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry and won first prize in the Hamish Canham Prize. Ian’s poems are widely published in journals, including The Poetry Review and Poetry London, and he has written for the BBC. Ian is a fellow of The Complete Works.
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