A Tribute to Anthony Burgess in his Centenary Year. Jane McChrystal.
Now best-known for writing the novel A Clockwork Orange, which Stanley Kubrick turned into the ultra-violent film of 1971, Anthony Burgess died on 22nd November 1993.
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Larkinworld
Jeremy Wikeley gives his reactions to the exhibition Larkinworld which is currently at the Poetry Library, Southbank Centre
The Poetry of Anne Stevenson
Roger Caldwell reviews Ian Gordon‘s recent biography of the poet Anne Stevenson
The Hazards of Looking Back: re-reading E.F. Benson’s “Colin”, by Jane McChrystal.
I usually find middle-brow fiction quite consoling. So, I turned to my bookshelves in search of something not too literary in the hope of distraction from these troubled times. Colin, a supernatural tale, published in two parts by E.F. Benson in 1923, seemed to fit the bill.
Too Brave to Dream
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs dips into a collection of ‘lost’ ekphrastic poems by R S Thomas
London Grip Poetry Review – Burns
Merryn Williams praises a new – but, sadly, posthumous – collection from Elizabeth Burns
Does anybody know Benito Cereno?
Sarah Lawson plaintively asks the question: Why Don’t People Read Benito Cereno When I Tell Them To?
London Grip Poetry Review – Bidgood
Merryn Williams admires the seemingly-inexhaustible poetic skill on show in a double collection from Ruth Bidgood
Gathering Shards
A spiritual autobiography by Murray Bodo turns out to be an unexpectedly down-to-earth story
London Grip Poetry Review – Owen
A short review by Merryn Williams enters fully into the spirit of Jan Owen’s Baudelaire-based jeu d’esprit
Wild Bleak Bohemia
John Lucas reflects on Michael Wilding’s account of the lives and work of three significant figures from Australia’s early literary history
Perspectives on Poetry: Mahon, Stevenson & Stern
Perspectives on Poetry: John Lucas examines three recent studies exploring the craft and ideas of three eminent poets .