After Fame: The Epigrams of Martial is the new collection of poetry by UEA alumnus Sam Riviere and is published by Faber & Faber this week. Sam began writing poetry at Norwich School of Art & Design and gained an MA in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway before completing his PhD in Creative & Critical Writing at UEA in 2013. He was a recipient of a 2009 Eric Gregory Award, and his debut collection 81 Austerities (Faber & Faber 2012) won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. His second collection Kim Kardashian’s Marriage was published by Faber in 2015. His standalone pamphlets include Standard Twin Fantasy (Egg Box 2014) and True Colours (After Hours 2016). Safe Mode, a full-length prose text, was published by Test Centre in 2017, when he was also included in Penguin Modern Poets 5.
After Fame: The Epigrams of Martial by Sam Riviere
