THINGS BEING VARIOUS: John Lucas discusses two very different works by Neil Curry – a monograph on Horace Walpole and a slim volume of delicate and well-observed poetry
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Poetry review – LOSING ITHACA: Merryn Williams considers some of the themes in Christopher Southgate‘s latest collection
Poetry review – THE HUMAN PORTION: Wendy Kyle reviews a new chapbook by Nicola Warwick
Poetry Review- COLLECTED POEMS: Tom Phillips welcomes a comprehensive retrospective view of David Cooke’s poetic career to date
ORWELL: THE NEW LIFE: Kevin Saving discusses D J Taylor’s new biography of George Orwell
Poetry Review – ICE CREAM ‘N’ TAR: Amelia Walker recommends careful reading of JV Birch’s powerful poetry about the climate crisis
Poetry review – RAIN FALLING: Jean Atkin adds her own high commendations to a prize-winning collection by Sarah Leavesley
Poetry review – THE TALL GOLDEN MINUTE: Kelly Davis welcomes a new and wide-ranging collection from Linda Saunders
Poetry review – ACCESSIONING: Emma Storr considers Charlotte Wetton’s poems on the importance of remembering
Poetry review – TORMENTIL: Paul McDonald marvels that a tiny yellow flower has inspired so much fine poetry from Ian Humphreys
Poetry review – WOMEN IN COMFORTABLE SHOES: Kate Noakes is impressed by Selima Hill’s collection of cleverly constructed sequences
WALK THE DARKNESS DOWN: Charles Rammelkamp is drawn into the struggles of characters in Daniel Magariel’s bleak but powerful novel Walk the Darkness Down Daniel Magariel Bloomsbury Publishing 2023 ISBN: 978-1-63557-814-0 224 pages $27.99 Toward the end of Daniel Magariel’s poignant novel, Josie, an abused prostitute that Marlene and Les, the estranged protagonists, each tries […]
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