Astley Neil (ed.) Staying Alive. Real Poems for Unreal Times

Glasgow: Bloodaxe Books Ltd,.2004.—498 p.Poetry..."My hope is that having discovered a much fuller understanding and appreciation of contemporary poetry through Staying Alive, you
will then want to go on to explore the full riches held in so many other books. Until you discovered Staying Alive, the problem was
that you didn't know where to look, but after you've read and reread the poems in this anthology, I hope you'll seek out books by
many of the poets whose work you've liked. In the Further Reading note at the end, I've listed other anthologies and guides which I
think you'll also find helpful."..
Neil Astley is editor of Bloodaxe Books, which he founded in 1978. His books include novels, poetry collections and anthologies, most notably the Bloodaxe Staying Alive trilogy: Staying Alive (2002), Being Alive (2004) and Being Human (2011), which were followed by Essential Poems from the Staying Alive Trilogy (2012).