Ruth Valentine examines collections by Barbara Marsh, Nadine Brummer & Wendy Pratt and considers how they deal poetically with death and dying.
Year 2014
Fiona Sinclair is not usually a fan of ‘nature’ poetry but makes an exception in the case of Gordon Meade’s new collection
Emma Lee considers two rather contrasting collections by W D Jackson & Rennie Parker
Emma Lee identifies skilful accumulation of detail as one of the strengths of Clare Crossman‘s new collection
Shearsman poet Alice Kavounas and Apple developer John Kennedy describe their collaboration and creation of a location-based app Words in Air: Poetry-in-Place.
Matisse’s Startling Late Works: The Cut-Outs. Tate Modern, 17 April – 7 September 2014 No wonder Henri Matisse is well loved. His works are sensuous, jubilant, gorgeous: they envelop and immerse the viewer in voluptuousness, in light that finds itself materialised as coloured form, coloured space.
Allison McVety’s latest collection requires – but also rewards – the reader’s careful attention.
Ruth Valentine‘s new novel strikes Rosie Johnston as being both relentlessly true and beautifully told
Emma Lee picks out some highlights from the new collection by Ian House
Peter Daniels’ translations of poems by Vladislav Khodasevich would seem to tick all the boxes, says David Cooke
Fiona Sinclair explores the complexities of Angela Topping’s collection Paper Patterns which deals with profound emotion and also with the pleasantly domestic.
Thomas Ovans finds it easy to enter into the spirit of Malcolm Carson’s short poetic memoir of his youthful travels in Europe
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, Year 2014