Born in New York City, Ruth Fainlight has lived mostly in England since the age of 15, and published her first collection, Cages, in 1966. Each of her poems is a balancing act between thought and feeling, revealing otherness within the everyday, often measuring subtle shifts in relationships between women and men. This substantial New & Collected Poems covers work written over 50 years, drawing on over a dozen books and including a whole new collection.