* The Autumn 2021 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Jim C Wilson *P W Bridgman * Sue Wallace-Shaddad *Kurt Luchs *Phil Dunkerley *Kevin Cahill *Mark Mansfield *Martin Bennett *Tim Kiely * Owen Gallagher * Sally Michaelson *Kathy Pimlott *Barry Smith *Gillie Robic * Jackson *Flourish Joshua *Robert Beveridge *Loukia Borrell *Robert Etty * […]
The Regency Wardrobe at Firle Place. Review by Barbara Lewis. Two centuries after the Regency period officially ended, Jane Austen adaptations and the U.S. series Bridgerton have revived passions for Empire waistlines, corsets and fetching bonnets.
Poetry review – MARPLES MUST GO!: Carla Scarano D’Antonio appreciates Greg Freeman’s deft mixing of the personal and the political
Poetry review – THE TASTE OF STEEL / THE SMELL OF SNOW: Edmund Prestwich explores a double volume of poems by Danish poet Pia Tafdrup (translated by David McDuff)
Poetry review – THE ATTITUDES: Alex Josephy finds Katie Griffiths’ ambitious collection encompasses both playfulness and tenderness
Poetry review – THE SYMMETRY OF FOLKLORE: Emma Storr welcomes a debut collection by Donna Irving
Poetry review – THE LAST DINOSAUR IN DONCASTER: James Roderick Burns finds gritty lyricism in a promising first collection by Sarah Wimbush
Paula Rego, Tate Britain. Review by Carla Scarano. The retrospective comprehensive exhibition of Paula Rego’s work spans sixty years of her career and shows her multimedia approach as well as her multi-faceted view and political commitment.
Poetry review – AUSCULTATION : Kate Ashton is moved by the honest emotions revealed in Ilse Pedler’s poetry
Poetry review – BROOKSONG & SHADOWS: Alwyn Marriage enjoys the richness of language in Lynne Wycherley’s latest collection
Poetry review – KARAOKE KING: Kate Ashton admires the range and complexity of Dai George’s new collection
Poetry review – OWL SONGS: Wendy French is grateful for the humanity which runs through Hubert Moore’s poetry
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, poetry, Wendy French