Brontë’s angry classic, which has for decades fired up rebellious, ambitious girls and women, has found new resonance in our self-isolating times as the National Theatre at Home allows another frustrated generation to ponder its lot.
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Poetry Review – Each Other: Mat Riches thinks Clare Best’s poems have some very convincing things to say about relationships
Poetry review – Footnotes to Water: Alex Josephy enjoys the river theme running through Zoë Skoulding’s latest collection
Poetry Review – How Death Came into the World: Isabelle Kenyon explores the mysterious world created in Nancy Charley’s latest collection
Poetry review – The Significance of a Dress: Pat Edwards is impressed by Emma Lee’s use of clothing as a metaphor for deeper human issues
Poetry review – Contained: Julie Hogg immerses herself in David Turner’s poetry collection with multimedia accompaniment
Poetry review – My Tin Watermelon: Brian Docherty takes a thoughtful stroll through a new collection by Peter Daniels – and in the process learns the meaning of “Touching Mr Williams”
Poetry review – The Unreturning: P W Bridgman salutes Martin Malone’s poetic counter-attack on certain received ideas about the Great War
Poetry review – Deluge: Rosie Johnston finds that generosity of heart combines with expert technique in the poems of Charlotte Ansell
Poetry review – Poems for the Planet: Maria McCarthy looks at a powerful multi-author pamphlet designed to raise awareness of ecological issues
Poetry review – Gifts Without Wrapping: Stuart Henson is impressed by Michal Choinski‘s short collection of poems about human bodies and their interactions
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 0 • Tags: books, poetry, Stuart Henson