The Dirty 30 II: Electric pay-per-view. Review by Barbara Lewis. Instead of loud applause and cheers, “you were spectacularly fabulous,” pops up on the side of the screen from an online viewer, as the imaginary curtain goes down on the Degenerate Fox theatre’s online adaptation to the times we’re in.
Angela Topping browses a new selection of Gothic Verse edited by Nisha Bhakoo
Poetry review – A COMMONPLACE: Stuart Henson reviews an intriguingly different mix of collection & anthology by Jonathan Davidson
Poetry review – TOUCHED: Wendy French appreciates the emotional insights in Alan Buckley’s debut collection
John Looker considers the unusual poems of Thomas Davis
Poetry review – FIRST HARE: Mat Riches explores the principles behind Richie McCaffery‘s poetry
Poetry review – UNFOLDED: Emma Storr considers an impressive debut chapbook from Olivia Dawson
Poetry review – SHIPWRECKED: Alex Josephy browses a stimulating and linguistically adventurous collection by Wendy Holborow
Poetry review – MAGNOLIA: D A Prince peruses an ambitious and multi-faceted debut collection by Nina Mingya Powles
Poetry review – WAVELENGTHS: Carla Scarano browses a collection in which the two voices of Belinda Singleton and Kathryn Southworth speculate on scientific phenomena
Poetry Review – GRIMOIRE: Edmund Prestwich admires Robin Roberson’s invocation of dark powers in his new collection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 1 • Tags: books, Edmund Prestwich, poetry