Poetry Review Winter 2012 – Pearce & Black
London Grip’s poetry editor considers two very different poetry collections by Eve Pearce and Linda Black
London Grip’s poetry editor considers two very different poetry collections by Eve Pearce and Linda Black
Thomas Ovans considers new collections by Maggie Butt and Fiona Sinclair
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Norbert Hirschhorn *Rosemary Norman *Janet Simon *Nancy Mattson *Sultana Raza *Leah Fritz *Murray Bodo *Haris Adhikari *Kerrin P Sharpe *Bruce Christianson *Paul Richards *Fiona Sinclair *Ken Champion *Mal Grosch *Merryn Williams *Robert Nisbet *Frankie McMillan *David R Morgan *Kamran *Adriana Caudrey *Edward Mycue
Thomas Roberts reviews a recent poetry collection … Work Horses by David Cooke
Merryn Williams comments on the Poet Laureate’s 2012 anthology
Thomas Ovans & Michael Bartholomew-Biggs consider some recent collections by Murray Bodo, Jenna Butler, Tim Cunningham, James Norcliffe, Ian C Smith and Christopher Wiseman
Fiona Sinclair is moved and impressed by Todd Swift’s bold new collection…
Turner Contemporary has a knack for intelligently organising its exhibitions. The Alex Katz retrospective is prefixed by works chosen by the artist that have either influenced or affected him in some way.
Metamorphosis – Poems Inspired by Titian – a collection published by The National Gallery
This year marks the thirty fifth anniversary of the death of Charlie Chaplin.
Two recent collections: Tea with the Taliban by Owen Gallagher & The Exile’s House by Ian Parks.
Unapologetic – Francis Spufford tells why, despite everything, Christianity can make surprising emotional sense. And why he isn’t sorry for saying so.