Boston Poems
'Sarah-Jane Burton conjures the city she came to know intimately while researching the lives and work of Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. These poems are odes to Boston’s grand public spaces, universities, writers and pioneering hospitals.
'With her expansive vision, Burton explores Boston, the self, family legacy, intergenerational trauma and poetic confession. With freedoms curtailed, American democracy seems on the brink of collapse. Yet, Burton senses its spirit still stirring in the libraries and archives of her adopted city.' – Heather Clark
Sarah-Jane Burton holds a BA and an MA in English and a PhD in 20th century American poetry. She is currently a Research Fellow in English at the Australian National University and has been published in academic journals and popular media both domestically and internationally. She has taught English, media studies and creative writing since 2009, and has also worked in the tertiary library sector and in strategic university communications management and also in Indigenous education.
