REMEMBERING DONALD ATKINSON: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reflects on the relatively short career of a very original poet and adds some personal memories.
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THE MOON LOOKS ON THEM ALL: Angela Topping browses a collection of essays by John Lucas on the subject of friends and friendship
Write like a man. Review by Julia Pascal. Ronnie A. Grinberg’s detailed analysis of mid-twentieth century America’s masculine Jewish literary elites is a careful examination of the major personalities.
Dante’s Divine Comedy. Review by Alan Price. Here we have a guide to the circumstances and influence of Dante’s great poem and a prose translation of The Divine Comedy.
THE ART OF INCLUSION: Charles Rammelkamp considers this intriguing mix of memoir, tribute and poetry anthology compiled and edited by John Lavin, Aaren Perry & Eleanor Wilner
TRUTH OR FICTION?: Andrew Keanie discusses Doreen Maitre’s view that a work of fiction can expound philosophical ideas just as effectively as an academic text
Poetry review – OPUS 1: Nicholas Bielby reflects on a substantial and highly original (but not entirely successful) collection by W D Jackson
THE BOOKSTORE BOOK: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a memoir in poetry and prose by Ron Kolm
Poetry review – LEAVING THE HILLS: Stuart Henson reviews Tony Curtis’s latest collection and reflects on many years of thoughtful, well-observed poetry
The Complete Haiku of Basho. Review by Alan Price. Basho was the great poet “of lonesomeness as well as the desire to be alone. The dynamic interiority out of which many of these poems emerged has much to say to us.
Poetry review – THE ASKING: Alwyn Marriage reflects on this generous selection from Jane Hirshfield’s work
Poetry review – THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF OPHELIA: Charles Rammelkamp manages to keep up with Robert Cooperman’s extensive re-working of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, poetry reviews, year 2025 • Tags: books, Charles Rammelkamp, literature, poetry