Peter Ualrig Kennedy finds there is so much to reward the reader in Naomi Jaffa’s riveting second collection of conversational and hard-hitting poems.
year 2017
Four women and five men from Aberdeen University’s A Cappella Society Aberpella tell us they thought they were being terribly witty in choosing the title “50 Tones of Grey” as a reference to the shades of the sky and stone of their university city.
Ian McEwen’s unorthodox verse forms also employ some traditional poetic skills
Peter Ualrig Kennedy is excited by Elizabeth Cook’s impressive collection of referential poems, each one new, fresh and alluring.
Dunkirk has emerged as 2017’s summer blockbuster movie. The director Christopher Nolan has been widely praised for his ability to immerse film-goers in the terrifying experience of soldiers, sailors and airmen involved in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) by land, sea and air between 26th May and 4th June, 1940.
Many years after first reading the classic 1930s novel, Sarah Lawson decided to open the book again and write down her second impressions: Emma Lee considers that this re-appraisal was well worthwhile.
After studying literature and painting, Robert B. Sherman, the elder half of one of the world’s most prolific song-writing duos, set about writing the great American novel, while his younger brother Richard, who had studied music, was working on the great American symphony.
Thomas Ovans admires a poetic memoir by Naomi Foyle which celebrates the life of the Belfast writer and activist Mairtin Crawford
Mining the Motherlode: Brian Docherty finds Jacqueline Saphra to be an entertaining narrator whether or not she is an unreliable one.
The undoubted cleverness in Chrissy Williams’ collection is never merely play but also has purpose, observes D A Prince
On the whole, the curators have given the works the space they need and brought a coherent approach to displaying them in relation to each other, which provides the viewer with a largely satisfying experience.
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Naomi Foyle *Gary Beck *David Cooke *Phil Wood *Chris Beckett *Peter Kenny * Teoti Jardine *Pamela Job *Peter Branson *Pam Thompson *William Bedford * David Lohrey *Oliver Comins *Emma Lee * Stuart Pickford * Robert Nisbet *Richie McCaffery * Kerrin P Sharpe * Sarah […]
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • new poetry, poetry, year 2017 1 • Tags: poetry