Poetry review – CHOSEN GROUND: Colin Pink admires the witty and wise explorations of life’s puzzles in this new collection by Christopher M James
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Poetry review – A NEWER WILDERNESS: Andrew Keanie finds that Nicola Healey’s slim chapbook has much to say about human wellness and well-being
Paradise Lost. Review by Alan Price. Talking to some of my poetry reading friends on how they feel about Milton they all said he is greatly admired but unloved: especially when tackling his epic (700 lines) poem, Paradise Lost.
Death Comes to Pemberley. Review by Barbara Lewis. “Jane Austen wrote six novels, pretty much all about the same sort of thing,” declares the programme note to P.D. James’ artful sequel to possibly the most popular of the six (or seven, if you count the unfinished “Sanditon”).
Poetry review – THE SCREW CITY POEMS: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys dipping into a comprehensive New & Selected from Richard Vargas
WILD BOAR: Alex Josephy is intrigued by an enigmatic and poetic first novel by Hannah Lutz which is deeply concerned about the climate crisis
Poetry review – DIAMONDS & RUST: Charles Rammelkamp engages with Catalina Vergara’s love poem both in its original Spanish and as rendered in English by Tiffany Troy
Poetry review – CELL: Nick Cooke takes a serious look at the very serious themes addressed in a powerful new collection by Ruth O’Callaghan
Poetry review – TREMBLING EARTH: Jennifer Johnson is moved by Finola Scott’s gentle poetry full of concern for our threatened environment
Poetry review – THE OPPOSITE OF SWEDISH DEATH CLEANING: Mat Riches enjoys Alison Binney’s deft handling and close examination of familiar subjects
Poetry review – THE HUM HEARERS: Chris Konrad finds Shey Marque’s new collection to be a search for the irreducible essence at the centre of what we call life
Poetry review – IN THE LILY ROOM: Nick Cooke admires Erica Hesketh’s collection about motherhood not only for being accomplished and moving but also for its broad appeal across gender boundaries In The Lily Room Erica Hesketh Nine Arches Press ISBN 978-1-916760-16-5 pp 90 £11.99 A meticulous account of childbirth and what […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025 0 • Tags: books, Nick Cooke, poetry