Vulgarity so self-confident, so unrepentant wins a kind of horrified respect. Ken Russell stands on his own, a mixture, at once frightening and preposterous, of Benjamin Robert Haydon, Hieronymus Bosch and the propaganda-poster artists of the Third Reich. Dilys Powell reviewing Mahler, Sunday Times, 1974.
Graham Hardie finds much to admire in Marilyn Ricci’s new collection Night Rider
Roger Caldwell is enthusiastic about the richness and variety of new collection by Penelope Shuttle
James Roderick Burns reflects on the multiple goals a poetry anthology editor has to aim for – and considers that Alison Hill has done pretty well with her selection of flying-related poems
D A Prince finds the poems of Robert Etty to be very good company as they explore Lincolnshire’s landscape and introduce its people
Art is at its most powerfully dramatic when it gives voice to the oppressed. By using the device of a play within a play to utmost effect, The Island communicates the oppression of a recent generation by drawing on tragic defiance from classical times.
David Cooke’s latest collection offers both variety and a sense of unity, observes Emma Lee
Pamela Johnson takes an in-depth look at a significant selection of poetry from Martina Evans
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Margarita Serafimova *Nod Ghosh *James Aitchison *Jim C Wilson *Andrew James *George Tardios * Leni Dipple *Beth McDonough *Sally Long *Caroline Natzler * Kevin Casey *Murray Bodo * Edward Lee * Antony Johae * Sanjeev Sethi *Chris Beckett * Angela Kirby * Kevin Cahill * Keith […]
Peter Ulric Kennedy is vastly impressed by Mike Barlow’s most recent collection of poems.
Richie McCaffery reviews a poetry collection by Rebecca McManus which has an unusually tragic background
Following in Fitzgerald’s Footsteps: Brian Docherty reviews Ruth Valentine’s small but politically significant and beautifully illustrated new collection from Hercules Editions
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, books, poetry reviews, politics, year 2017 • Tags: art, books, Brian Docherty, poetry, politics