First of the Last Chances

Touching and uplifting, this collection of the poems of Sophie Hannah follows traditional rhyming schemes using language that is always realistic and postmodern. Focusing on love and loss, these poems chronicle the different ways that people, for better or for worse, can be significant to one ano...

Sophie Hannah was a fellow commoner in creative arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She now teaches creative writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Leaving and Leaving You.