THE TREASURIES, POETRY ANTHOLOGIES AND THE MAKING OF BRITISH CULTURE: Kevin Saving considers Clare Bucknell’s study of the history of the British poetry anthology
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Posts by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs:
Poetry review – ESCAPE ROOM: Sue Wallace-Shaddad considers Bryony Littlefair’s clever mixing of close observation and free-range imagination
LAST ON HIS FEET: JACK JOHNSON AND THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a shocking and powerful graphic novel by Youssef Daoudi & Adrian Matejka
THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN: Charles Rammelkamp takes a transatlantic look at Zadie Smith’s updating of Chaucer’s Wife of Bath
Poetry review – SANCTUARY: THERE MUST BE SOMEWHERE: Tim Murphy considers Angela Graham’s thought-provoking – and mildly collaborative – debut collection
Poetry review – BACK COUNTRY: Bill Jenkinson finds both craft and empathy strongly evident in Kathleen McPhilemy’s new collection
Poetry review – JOURNEYS ACROSS BREATH: Paul McDonald hopes that this collection of earlier poems by Stephen Watts will get the attention it deserves
Poetry review – SILVER SAMOVAR: Emma Storr is impressed by Jenny McRobert’s substantial debut collection
Poetry review – A POCKETFUL OF CHALK: Louise Warren is happy to accompany Claire Booker on a poetry walk through the Sussex countryside
Poetry review – BEWARE THE TRUTH THAT’S MANACLED: Harriet Thistlethwaite reviews Prue Chamberlayne’s poetic exploration of slavery and its aftermath
Poetry review – THE TESSERAE: John Forth weighs the merits of Oliver Tearle’s game-playing with “The Waste Land” and reckons up the final score
Poetry review – THE BIG CALLS: Thomas Ovans is quick to admire Glyn Maxwell’s furious lament over the current state of England
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, politics, society, year 2023 • Tags: poetry, politics, society, Thomas Ovans