Poetry review – ANXIOUS BRICOLAGE: Jennifer Johnson is intrigued and impressed by an unusual long poem from Richard Leigh
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Poetry review – WASH: Charles Rammelkamp relishes Ebony Stewart’s lively and down-to-earth take on life
Poetry review – AT A TANGENT: Neil Elder admires a well put together New and Selected from John Weston
The Double Act. Review by Barbara Lewis. This unsettling, multi-layered, hilarious dive into the great modern British divisions of north versus south, woke versus non-woke – and bullies versus clowns – has its deepest roots in a childhood lived close to the seaside towns of northwest England.
Kyoto. Review by Barbara Lewis. Oil – the fuel of Western capitalism – was the issue in 1997 when the Kyoto Protocol delivered the first set of targets to limit its use. Nearly three decades later, far too little has changed.
Poetry review – AFTER THE RITES AND SANDWICHES: Nicki Heinen admires Kathy Pimlott’s poetry composed in the face of grief and loss
Poetry review – CHANGE YOUR LIFE: Alwyn Marriage considers a new selection of Rilke’s poetry translated by Martyn Crucefix
Poetry review – JUST BREATHE: Emma Storr is moved by Trish Kerrison’s poems dealing frankly with the challenges of long-term illness
Write like a man. Review by Julia Pascal. Ronnie A. Grinberg’s detailed analysis of mid-twentieth century America’s masculine Jewish literary elites is a careful examination of the major personalities.
Poetry review – OKAPI: Rosie Johnston considers Fiona Moore’s book-length poem of eloquent reflection on disorienting personal experience
Poetry review – A BIRD CALLED ELAEUS: Edmund Prestwich admires David Constantine’s contemporary renderings of selections from an anthology spanning some 2000 years of Greek poetry
Poetry review – TINY BRIGHT THORNS: Marcelle Newbold admires the way Jen Feroze makes poetry from impressions of early motherhood
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