MONICA JONES, PHILIP LARKIN AND ME: Kevin Saving considers John Sutherland’s recent perspective on Philip Larkin’s love life
books
Poetry review – THE BATTLE OF HEPTONSTALL: Stuart Henson admires the eloquent blending of historical and contemporary in Michael Crowley’s collection
Poetry review- WHEN THE SWIMMING POOL FELL INTO THE SEA: Paul McDonald champions ‘slim volumes’ and admires the way that poems enhance one another in Carole Coates’s new collection.
Poetry review – THE SLOWING RIDE: Stuart Henson finds nuanced perception coupled with vivid writing in Will Stone’s new collection
THE FAREWELLING OF A HOME: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs considers Jane Simpson’s newly-composed Christian ritual for marking a major life-change
Poetry review – SHIELD: Emma Lee finds a powerful message within Jamie Hale’s very personal poetry
Poetry review – TREE: Pat Edwards appreciates a moving collection by Natalie Whittaker
Poetry review – RANSOM: Thomas Ovans particularly admires the Olivier Messiaen inspired central section of a new collection by Michael Symmons Roberts
Poetry review – UNKNOWN TERRITORY: Julie Hogg responds to John Short’s poems which recall his time in Greece
Poetry review – LEARNING FROM THE BODY: Emma Storr reviews Sue Butler’s chapbook which draws on her experience as a family doctor
DAY OF DAYS: Charles Rammelkamp admires a powerful fact-based novel by John Smolens about a school bombing in 1927
EURIPIDES: THE TROJAN WOMEN, A COMIC: Merryn Williams considers an unusual re-working of Euripides by Anne Carson & Rosanna Bruno
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, drawing, literature, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, drawing, literature, Merryn Williams, poetry