* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: *Alison Hill *Bruce Christianson *Fiona Larkin *Chris Stewart *Emma Lee *Ian Humphreys *Tom McFadden *Rosie Johnston *Robert Nisbet *Katherine Venn *Ruth Bidgood *Mary Franklin *Clare Crossman *F M Brown *Keith Nunes *S J Mannion *Peter Daniels *Rangi Faith *Nancy Mattson *Cathleen Allyn Conway *Sarah James *Wendy French *Tracey […]
year 2015
Emma Lee commends Wendy Pratt’s adroit poetic handling of a painful and sensitive subject
John Lucas’s tribute to English cricketers who have stood up to the game’s authorities proves to be something much more thoughtful than a simple round-up of the ‘usual suspects’
Thomas Ovans applauds a new poetry anthology edited by Peter Kennedy – and also the motivation behind it.
John Forth reviews recent collections by Simon Richey & Sue Boyle
Thomas Ovans is particularly impressed by a haunting quality in the poems from a new collection by Andrew Shields
John Lucas reviews a mixed bag of recent poetry collections from both sides of the Atlantic .
William Marshall & Wendy French are enthusiastic about the Eric Ravilious exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery (running until August 31st)
Anna Robinson looks at a recent anthology of poems about historical events and considers what we can learn from poetry about ways of exploring the past.
Two new collections from Murray Bodo and Michael McCarthy both show great compassion for human needs and weaknesses .
Norbert Hirschhorn admires the new collection from Anne-Marie Fyfe for its carefully shaped trajectory of echoing but elusive images.
Norbert Hirschhorn takes an in-depth look at a major New & Selected compilation of poems by Chana Bloch
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2015