Christopher Reid

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For the American rapper/actor, see Christopher "Kid" Reid.

Christopher Reid (born May 13, 1949) is a British poet, essayist, cartoonist, and writer. He has been nominated twice for the Whitbread Awards, in 1996 and in 1997. A contemporary of Martin Amis, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford. He is one of the exponents of Martian poetry.

His poem "A Pub Band" is featured in the 2004 anthology Wild Reckoning, which was inspired by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

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