Josephine Corcoran’s poetry succeeds in addressing both actual and imagined experience, observes Emma Lee
Roger Caldwell is intrigued – but sometimes perplexed – by the work of three Finnish poets writing in English
Under Stewart Laing’s inspired direction, four permanently-glowing screens help to convey the bigoted characters of a charmless northern French village, where violence, shame, pride, racism and homophobia form the fabric of society.
In our blasé age, we may take for granted that a remote Yorkshire parsonage managed to produce three sisters who defied rigid Victorian convention to give voice to raw passions and sexual frustration no respectable woman was meant to feel.
Martin Noutch respects Ann Vaughan-Williams’ poetry for its inclusiveness that finds nothing to be unworthy of being appreciated
Its title notwithstanding, Elizabeth Parker’s new collection is far from being shambolic, observes Wendy Klein
I had the great pleasure of meeting Hugh Coltman during the Marciac Jazz festival in the South West of France at the end of July. Born in the West Country, close to Bristol, Hugh Coltman has been living in Paris since 2000.
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Joan Michelson *Joe Balaz *Fiona Sinclair*Arlene Antoinette *Janet Hatherley *Valentina Colonna * Milton P Ehrlich *Pamela Job *Emma Lee *David Lockyer * Brian Docherty *Mark Young * Chris Palmer *Bruce Christianson * Marilyn Ricci * Nicholas McGaughey * R G Jodah *Myra Schneider * […]
This play is a picaresque adventure describing the life of Emilia Bassano Lanier. Emilia, born in 1569, was a direct contemporary of Shakespeare, and perhaps the inspiration of his Dark Lady of the Sonnets.
A show that leaves the line “Are you fucking kidding me?” ringing in your ears and delivers a series of morals that include “don’t pressure other people into sex because it doesn’t work” and “don’t judge people by appearances, unless they’re really hot” could cause offence.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses comprise nearly 12,000 lines and over 250 myths that have inspired more modern writers as great as Shakespeare and Dante.
Thomas Ovans takes a close look at a collection of haiku by James Roderick Burns
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 0 • Tags: books, poetry, Thomas Ovans