Ruth Padel won the 1996 National Poetry Competition. Of her four collections, Angel was a PBS recommendation and Rembrandt Would Have Loved You was a PBS choice and shortlisted for the 1998 T.S. Eliot Prize. She reviews widely in the UK and for The New York Times, and has a ‘Sunday Poem’ column in the Independent on Sunday.

Ruth Padel's work featured in Stand Magazine comprises three articles.