Having published since the early 1950s some twenty books of verse (including two substantial collections), together with several anthologies and critical works, Elizabeth Jennings is a well-known writer on both sides of the Atlantic. Her poetic...

THE POET Elizabeth Jennings was the most unconditionally loved writer of a generation that included Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis (contemporaries of hers at Oxford), Thom Gunn and Donald Davie. They were fellow members of that loose aggregation called "The Movement" which, after the...

Clippity clop! Clang! Clang! The Third Avenue trolley rounded the New York City corner with a clatter of horseshoes on cobblestones. Elizabeth Jennings, a young African American schoolteacher, noted with dismay that the trolley did not have a "Colored People Allowed"...

Mice were hung by their tails with adhesive tape, subjected to electrical shocks and forced to swim until nearly drowning during experiments done at the University of New Mexico.University officials say there was nothing wrong with the research that helped a high school student study...

In the excerpt below, Bradley provides an overview of Jennings's career, placing her work in the context of other Movement writers.

In the following excerpt, Gregory praises Jennings for her unique and strong voice.

In the review below, Gilbert argues that while Jennings's culture is foreign to Americans, her work is of great merit and importance.