The Coral by Georg Kaiser. Review by Julia Pascal. The work explores the concept of the doppelganger and the fascination for the new science of psychiatry as well as interrogating capitalism itself.
Poetry review – FLAMINGO: Emma Storr is greatly impressed by a debut pamphlet from Kathryn Bevis
Poetry review – POSSIBLY A POMEGRANATE: Pat Edwards welcomes Alwyn Marriage’s new collection which is subtitled Celebrating Womankind
Love’s Labour’s Lost. Review by Barbara Lewis. In our angst-ridden age, the thirst for the tonic of musical theatre seems almost unquenchable. In a production that acknowledges so vividly the follies of the supposedly scholarly elite, the rustics dazzle.
Poetry review – FEELING UNUSUAL: John Forth gets to grips with Ann Drysdale‘s vivid imagery and imagination
Poetry review – NEW AND SELECTED POEMS, 1966 -2020: Fred Johnston admires Donald Gardner’s well-crafted poetic chronicling of his times
Poetry review – GOLIAT: Pat Edwards is captivated by Rhiannon Hooson’s new collection
Dersu Uzala, Kurosawa. Review by Alan Price. Dersa Uzala is a minor Kurosawa film with three major virtues: outstanding photography, a direction finely tuned to nature and a wonderfully believable performance from the Tuva actor Maksim Munzuck playing Dersa.
Poetry review – THE BEAUTIFUL OPEN SKY: Rachael Clyne is impressed by a debut chapbook collection from Hannah Linden
THIS RARE SPIRIT: Kevin Saving shares some thoughts on the life of poet Charlotte Mew as set out in a recent biography by Julia Copus
Abundance: Atlas of Infinite Possibilities. Review by Barbara Lewis. In celebration of its two decades of promoting Polish talent, a selection of winning works and of the art later produced by some of the laureates is on display in the State Gallery of Art.
Poetry review – MARTINI TATTOO: Charles Rammelkamp is susceptible to the charm of Elizabeth Cohen’s poetry
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 • Tags: books, Charles Rammelkamp, poetry