Emma Lee explores a focussed and sensual collection by Kate Noakes
year 2016
From stylised art nouveau temptresses to giant Tintin cartoons, Brussels has an established tradition of putting art on the outside of its buildings as well as inside. The capital’s newest gallery in a former brewery in Molenbeek – the neighbourhood notorious as a breeding ground of the Paris and Brussels terror attacks – captures that spirit.
D A Prince reviews a narrative collection by Carole Coates and admires both the story and the way it is told
Thomas Ovans samples the varied themes in a new collection by Malcolm Carson
Pam Thompson considers Maura Dooley‘s slim but substantial chapbook inspired by a residency at Jane Austen’s house.
Paul McLoughlin takes a thoughtful look at Sarah Howe’s Eliot prizewinning collection – and some issues arising from its success.
Caroline Maldonado follows an exile’s search for the past as described in first pamphlet collection from Isabel Bermudez
Paul McLoughlin finds that the poems of Allan E Baker, although carefully crafted, can still sound as though they came naturally
Nick Cooke explores Vanessa Gebbie’s poetic tribute to battle victims of World War One
John Forth identifies with much that appears in a poetic memoir by Alexis Lykiard
Peter Daniels reflects on what is oblique or unspoken in the mythic poetry of J O Morgan
Emma Lee enjoys the translated poems by Emilia Ivancu but regrets not having copies of the originals
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 0 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry