Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country

“The book will not only appeal to those interested in the rich cultural heritage of the Black Country, but also those interested in place-identity, politics and the importance of culture in the twenty-first century.” (University of Wolverhampton, wlv.ac.uk, March 15, 2021)

“The book and its findings would appeal to ‘ anyone interested in the Black Country and the importance of regional culture – and especially Black Country writing’.” (Bev Holder, halesowennews.co.uk, March 11, 2021)

Sebastian Groes is Professor of English Literature and Director of the Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He is the author of The Making of London (Palgrave Macmillan 2011), and British Fiction in the Sixties (2016), and is the editor of Memory in the Twenty-First Century: New Critical Perspectives from the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences (Palgrave Macmillan 2016).

R.M. Francis is Creative Writing Lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He is the author of five poetry pamphlets: Transitions (2015); Orpheus (2016); Corvus' Burnt-Wing Love Balm and Cure-all (2018); Lamella (2019); and Fieldnotes from a Deep Topography of Dudley (2019). His debut novel, Bella , was published in 2020 by Wild Pressed Books.