U.S. folk musician Jay Ungar composed his Ashokan Farewell in 1982 shortly after violin and dance camps he had been running in Ashokan, New York state, ended for the season.
Her Other Language: Wendy French gets to grips with a bold and frank anthology addressing domestic violence
Poetry review – Contains Mild Peril: Daniel Bennett admires Fran Lock’s poetry for its blend of the imaginative and the concrete
In more ordinary times, Simon Procter is a British fashion photographer, who has worked with Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano.
Poetry review – Cargo of Limbs: Nick Cooke considers a powerful chapbook by Martyn Crucefix which focusses on the plight of refugees
Poetry review – Blood Rain: Stephen Claughton is impressed by the variety of themes in André Mangeot’s new collection
Poetry review – Sharp Hills: Alex Josephy observes that a light poetic touch enables Chrissie Gittins to give proper attention to small details
Poetry Review – The Trio Confessions: Louise Warren admires Alan Price’s quite personal approach to translating poems by nine diverse poets
Poetry Review – Fothermather: Mat Riches gets a lot more out of Gail McConnell’s poetry than he might have expected at first
Poetry Review – Firing Pins: Mat Riches is intrigued by Jo Young’s poems looking at military life from an unusual angle
Audio books are on the rise and social media are creating their own grammar for the youthful audiences I sense are the prime target for R J Askew’s In The Room with Three Doors, released on Amazon Audible in March.
Poetry Review – The Unmapped Woman: Rennie Halstead examines loss in Abegail Morley’s latest collection
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, poetry, Rennie Halstead