Carla Scarano considers a dystopia convincingly described in a prose-poem sequence by Carole Coates
Rigoletto,
Composer: Verdi
Producer: Welsh National Opera
William Blake
Venue: Tate Britain, London, until February 2
Curated by Martin Myrone and Amy Concannon
The revolutionary attitude that Mary Quant’s iconic outfits convey strikes the viewer at the V&A retrospective exhibition. She is considered one of the most influential fashion designer of the 1960s.
Thomas Ovans is moved by Steve Rudd’s very personal poems about the NHS
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is drawn into a mysterious world conjured up by Michael Loveday’s enigmatic prose pieces
D A Prince commends Tom Sastry as a poet who looks at the world in fresh ways while still leaving space for his readers
Maria C. McCarthy reviews a new short story collection by Anne Walsh Donnelly
As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s most crazy comedies and one of his most tedious plots.
Emma Lee follows poems by Victoria Gatehouse as they take a sometimes clinical view of the journey from young woman to parent
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs tackles a difficult read which attempts to bring home some human realities of street violence in London
Emma Storr is drawn into Gareth Writer-Davies’s poetic reflections on mortality
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2019 2 • Tags: books, Emma Storr, poetry