Carla Scarano reviews a lively new collection by Ray Pool
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Graham Hardie considers his response to some frank and personal content in Sarah Fletcher’s poems
John Lucas reviews two unusual recent collections by Gail Holst-Warhaft and John Woods
Graham Hardie enjoys the poetic explorations of identity in a new pamphlet by Stefan Kielbasiewicz
A first collection by Suzannah Evans deals with future technologies but Mat Riches is pleased to see that it is also equally concerned with human themes
Merryn Williams discovers some fine new poems in Stuart Henson’s latest collection
Schwejk made his first outing in 1911 in a short story called Schwejk Stands Against Italy. In the same year The Good Soldier Schwejk and Other Strange Stories appeared in pamphlet form.
Charlie Hill appreciates the ‘dry, intimate and unexpected’ writing to be found in Neil Campbell’s collection
Wendy French praises David Constantine’s new chapbook for its sharp visual images
Stuart Henson detects a note of anger in Jane Routh’s particular and personal responses to place and nature
The Good Soldier Schwejk is a satirical novel which exposes the futility and idiocy of war as it tracks the progress of the Candide-like Schwejk, across the disintegrating Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Richie McCaffery admires a remarkable hybrid of journal and autobiography by M R Peacocke
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, ecology, year 2019 • Tags: books, ecology, poetry, Richie McCaffery