Poetry review – RENTED: Pat Edwards engages with a challenging collection by Sue Johns
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Scottish stand-up comedian Daniel Sloss is a centurion by his own admission – in other words, he has slept with at least 100 women. One triggered the dark outpouring Jigsaw, which became a Netflix sensation, notorious for causing more than 300 divorces, 350 cancelled engagements and 120,000 breakups – so far.
100 POETS. A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY: Kevin Saving considers the selections made and not made for a new anthology compiled by John Carey
Poetry review – DANGEROUS PURSUIT OF YELLOW: Thomas Ovans gets to grips with a collection of challenging and colourful poems by Annie Wright
Poetry review – TRACK RECORD: Kate Noakes enjoys a book of railway-related poems by Sue Johns
Poetry review – SERVICE CANCELLED: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is impressed by Neil Fulwood’s novel approach to the lockdown poem
Poetry review – RIPE: Emma Lee admires the depth of insight in Isabelle Baafi’s poetry
Poetry review – PURGATORIO: Edmund Prestwich looks at a new translation by DM Black
Book Review – The Life in Us: Paul McDonald reviews an absorbing and touching novel by John Lucas
Poetry review – ALL ANIMALS WANT THE SAME THINGS: Charles Rammelkamp examines Jeanne-Marie Osterman’s poetic explorations of human needs and desires
Poetry review – AFTER THE RIOT: Merryn Williams finds that Neil Young’s poetry provides an effective channel for anger
BALLET FOR MURDERERS: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a poetry and prose collection by Richard Wayne Horton
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Charles Rammelkamp, fiction, poetry