Poetry review – WHAT TO DO NEXT: D.A. Prince admires Sue Dymoke’s accessible and well-crafted final collection
Poetry review – SAFETY MEASURES AGAINST THE SEA: Pat Edwards admires Katharine Goda’s skillful way of tackling a difficult subject
Festival Universatil. Review by Barbara Lewis. The students in a KAP live together and work together on a cultural or community project, one of which is Le Théâtre Universitaire de Louvain, which every year organises the “Universatil” festival of French-language drama.
Poetry review – CROMWELL’S HEAD: David Rudd-Mitchell reviews Jim Greenhalf’s poetic reflections on British history and its lessons for the present
THE TRANSLATIONS OF SEAMUS HEANEY: Alan Price considers a compilation of Seamus Heaney’s remarkable and extensive work as a translator
Transgression, Life in the Aftermath of the Eocene. Review by Barbara Lewis. The Eocene lasted from about 55.8 million to 33.9 million years ago, which has left a lot to happen in the aftermath. By the 1990s of “Transgression”, humanity is being perpetuated by fleeting moments of sexual attraction that give way to years of cruelty.
Poetry review – A SLIPPERY SLOPE: Colin Pink admires translations of Toon Tellegen’s two most recent collections.
Poetry review – CLIMBING A BURNING ROPE: Charles Rammelkamp admires how John Paul Davis manages the trick of combining bleakness and hope
Poetry review – FALLING AND FLYING: Pat Edwards finds a new collection by Jeff Phelps to be a rewarding read
BY TIMOTHY! Michael Bartholomew-Biggs rediscovers and re-examines the Paul Temple stories he enjoyed listening to on the wireless in his younger days
Mr. Jones. Review by Barbara Lewis. Nearly 60 years on, the tragedy of Aberfan haunts us, not least because it could have been avoided. There is no consolation unless you turn to art. Then the dramatic tension between what was and what might have been becomes theatrical gold in the hands of Liam Holmes.
Poetry review – THE TURPENTINE TREE: Colin Pink finds himself drawn into a world re-created by Lynne Hjelmgaard’s poems of recollection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2024 • Tags: books, Colin Pink, poetry