THE LIFE OF MARK AKENSIDE: Roger Caldwell commends Barbara Morden’s work in revisiting the life and work of a neglected poet of the 18th century
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The Complete Works of W. H. Auden. Review by Alan Price. I think we all want to be ‘especial.’ Princeton’s authoritative two volume edition of the poetry of W. H. Auden gives you his special lot.
* The Winter 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Paul Richards *David Flynn *Ceinwen Haydon *Teoti Jardine *Jan Hutchison *Agata Palmer *Phil Wood *Pratibha Castle *Ken Pobo *Oleg Semonov * Tim Cunningham *Stephen Barile *Candice Kelsey *Jim C Wilson * Mike Farren *Stuart Pickford *Glenn Hubbard *Bruce Morton *Jackson *Madhab Chandra Jena *Mark […]
THE WASTE LAND: A BIOGRAPHY OF A POEM: Edmund Prestwich admires the depth and scope of Matthew Hollis’s study of T S Eliot’s most famous work
ON POETRY: Emma Lee reviews a new book by Jackie Wills which gives insights into how to develop poetic skills and also how to guide others
THIS RARE SPIRIT: Kevin Saving shares some thoughts on the life of poet Charlotte Mew as set out in a recent biography by Julia Copus
* The Autumn 2022 issue of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: *Michael W. Thomas *Hilary Mellon *Lisa Reily *Lesley Burt *Bruce Barnes *Anna Mioduchowska *Martin Bennett *Robert Cole *Alan Dunnett *Josh Ekroy * Sarah Lawson *Philip Dunkerley *Michael Caylo-Baradi *Maria C. McCarthy *Simon Alderwick *Pam Thompson *Judith Wozniak *Rustin Larson *Tony Dawson *Clifford Liles *Marilyn Ricci […]
Kevin Saving reflects on depictions of John Keats in two books published to mark the poet’s bi-centenary in 2021
* The Summer 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Charlotte Gann *Sally Festing *Pam Job *Mary Mulholland *Neil Leadbeater *Stephen Claughton *Brian Docherty *Mary Franklin *John Grey *Jane Simpson *Bob Cooper *Phil Connolly *Paul Stephenson *Elizabeth Smither *Gareth Writer-Davies *Stuart Henson *Rosemary Norman *Alison Campbell *Rod Whitworth *Stuart Handysides *Joan Michelson *Arthur Russell […]
HIDDEN SUN: James McGonigal explores James Fountain’s perceptive study of the poet Joseph Macleod
* The Spring 2022 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Tim Suermondt *Mark J. Mitchell *Rustin Larson *Stuart Pickford *Emma Lee *Alan Cohen *John Grey *Charlotte Gann *Hannah Linden *Richard Manly Heiman * Janet Hatherley *Teoti Jardine *Julia Duke *Jim C Wilson *Robin Houghton *Ken Anderson *Gale Acuff *Kerrin P Sharpe *Alicia Stubbersfield *John […]
WHAT THE TRUMPET TAUGHT ME: Pamela Johnson enjoys a collection of prose reminiscences by the poet Kim Moore
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