Poetry review – WHO KILLED MARTA UGARTE?: Charles Rammelkamp considers a graphic account of the horrors of the Pinochet regime as rendered into poetry by Jeanne-Marie Osterman
year 2023
Poetry review – THE FIELD IN WINTER: Jean Atkin offers a few well-chosen words of praise for David Clarke’s latest collection
Poetry review – TO 2040: Roger Caldwell considers the sometimes-enigmatic poetry of Jorie Graham
* The Autumn 2023 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Bill Richardson *Denise O’Hagan *Charles G Lauder *Julia Deakin *Tina Norris *Deborah Harvey *Pam Job *Laura Grevel *Ping Yi *Jacob Mckibbin * James Norcliffe *Caleb Murdock *Fred Johnston *Norbert Hirschhorn *Hannah Linden *Tim Relf *Sue Dymoke *John Freeman *Rosemary Norman *Stuart Handysides *Janice D […]
Poetry review – TURN UP THE HEAT: Charles Rammelkamp explores a new collection by Ruth Danon
Prom 55. Review by Julia Pascal. Nelsons led his orchestra in such a way as to suggest that this was also the premiere for Stravinsky, Gershwin and Ravel.
Poetry review – BEYOND THE GATE: Alex Josephy reviews a collection by Clare Best which skillfully tackles difficult issues
Poetry review – DYNAMO: Mat Riches is drawn into an intriguing and imaginative world by the poems of Luke Samuel Yates
Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris. Review by Barbara Lewis. As curators and art historians work to redistribute glory that men historically monopolised, Pallant House Gallery’s latest major exhibition devotes itself to extracting Welsh-born artist Gwen John from beneath the shadow of her more worldly brother Augustus John.
Poetry review – THE PRETENCE OF AN UNDERSTANDING: Thomas Ovans enjoys the sense of optimism in a first pamphlet collection by Beth Davies
TABULA RASA: Merryn Williams reviews a new anthology of women’s poetry from Linen Press
Poetry review – THE WOMAN WHO COULDN’T FINISH THINGS: Wendy French believes that Sue MacIntyre has accomplished a great deal in her new collection of poetry
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2023 • Tags: books, poetry, Wendy French