Jack Underwood

Jack Underwood is a British poet and author who is one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation. A Year in the New Life is a genre-defying work that combines memoir, essay and lyric prose to explore the experience of becoming a father, blending personal reflection with philosophical inquiry into consciousness, language, love and the strangeness of bringing a new person into the world. Underwood's writing is characterised by its intellectual ambition, its emotional openness and its willingness to sit with uncertainty and wonder. He is also the author of the poetry collections Happiness and Not Even This, and he teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. His audiobooks and books demonstrate a literary talent that moves fluidly between poetry and prose while maintaining a distinctive and searching voice.