Gives visions of usual and mysterious events. Each poem reveals otherness within the everyday, often measuring subtle shifts in relationships between women and men.
Ruth Fainlight is a poet, short story writer, translator and librettist.
Fainlight was born in New York, but has mainly lived in England since she was fifteen, having also spent some years living in France and Spain. In addition to her own works, Fainlight has also provided criticism for BBC Radio, Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and numerous other publications.
She was married to the British writer Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010) and has a daughter, Susan and a son, David who is a photographer for The Guardian. She lives in London.
She has twice been Poet in Residence at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.