Starveling Year , Mary Stanley"s only book of poems, was first published in 1953. In recent years, with the sharp contemporary focus on writing by women, and the revival of interest in women writers of the past, Stanley"s elegant, accomplished and moving poems have been frequently cited and praised. Here the collection appears in a new edition with additional poems previously uncollected and with an introduction by her husband, poet Kendrick Smithyman (also published by AUP). Beautifully crafted, witty and intelligent, Stanley"s poems explore the complex hidden world of the wife and mother in ways which still speak directly and powerfully. Poetry readers; readers interested in women"s writing.