2003 diagnosis of breast cancer, they grapple not with the process itself but with the transformation it enacted on Shapcott's psyche; what she describes as her "changed sensibility" in the wake of a brush with mortality. "I've had to carry out reconstruction on my brain," she said at the time. "I've had to remake myself as a poet."In the case of her poetry, the reconstruction has been keenly effective.
from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Jo Shapcott's Costa prize is a surprise victory for poetry
then Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Costa prize-winner Jo Shapcott on the joys of invention--video
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