HIDDEN SUN: James McGonigal explores James Fountain’s perceptive study of the poet Joseph Macleod
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100 POETS. A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY: Kevin Saving considers the selections made and not made for a new anthology compiled by John Carey
Poetry review – PURGATORIO: Edmund Prestwich looks at a new translation by DM Black
EURIPIDES: THE TROJAN WOMEN, A COMIC: Merryn Williams considers an unusual re-working of Euripides by Anne Carson & Rosanna Bruno
HARTLEY COLERIDGE – GENIUS DISREGARDED. Jacob John Shale considers Andrew Keanie’s short study of the life and poetry of the eldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
THE FIRE OF JOY: Edmund Prestwich looks at a very personal poetry compilation by Clive James
Richard Caldwell surveys Andrew Keanie’s new study of Thomas De Quincey
Social Solidarity and the Arts in Woke Times: Michael Crowley advocates against an ever-increasing subdivision of the arts into racial, age-related or gender groups for a similar audience
Rosie Johnston congratulates Paul McLoughlin for taking on the challenge of rendering these ancient poems in contemporary English
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.
ON POETRY: Emma Lee reviews a new book by Jackie Wills which gives insights into how to develop poetic skills and also how to guide others
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, poetry, year 2022 0 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, literature, poetry