“Upon that memorable Scene”
Neil Curry indulges in a brief speculation on a recent parallel to a historical moment in the 17th century
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London Grip Poetry Review – Helen Dunmore
D A Prince is intrigued by the presentation but delighted by the substance of this substantial retrospective collection of Helen Dunmore’s poetry
Of All That Ends
Leah Fritz offers a very personal response to a final compilation of writings by Günter Grass
Pleading at the Bar of Truth
John Lucas adds some personal reminiscence to his review of Will Daunt‘s compilation of writings by Eddie Wainwright
Your Culture is not mine…or is it? America’s tense relationship with high culture. By Stephanie V Sears
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.
My Pen – My Selfie Stick
Neil Curry fears that wit and breadth of imagination are becoming undervalued by contemporary poets
Charles Dickens Museum. Review by Barbara Lewis.
The museum in Doughty Street, London, has a temporary exhibition to revisit the established view that Dickens had no truck with science, presenting the discipline not so surprisingly as an extension of his concern with social justice and reform rather than abstract theory.
London Grip Poetry Review – Neil Curry
Stuart Henson listens in to Neil Curry’s artful channeling of Virginia Woolf
On Poetry
Stuart Henson decides that Jonathan Davidson’s “On Poetry” is a book for both writers and listeners. And academics might enjoy it too.
Interesting? I’ll Say!
John Lucas reviews a genuinely interesting collection of essays by Jim Burns – and adds some equally interesting observations of his own
London Grip Poetry Review – Croft
Merryn Williams is doubly impressed – both by Andy Croft’s finely crafted poetry and by its subject, the unfairly neglected writer and activist, Randall Swingler
London Grip Poetry Review – Marilyn Hacker
Norbert Hirschhorn reflects on form and style in a major collection of Marilyn Hacker’s poetry