Poetry review – THE BLUE HOTEL: Charles Rammelkamp considers some episodes in the lives of famous people as imagined in poems by Alan Catlin
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, Edmund Prestwich, literature, poetry • 1 Comment
THE FIRE OF JOY: Edmund Prestwich looks at a very personal poetry compilation by Clive James
by Barbara Lewis • authors, books, year 2020 • Tags: authors, Barbara Lewis, books •
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.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, literature, Richard Caldwell • 0 Comments
Richard Caldwell surveys Andrew Keanie’s new study of Thomas De Quincey
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, Merryn Williams, poetry • 0 Comments
Merryn Williams reviews Matthew Barton’s new translation of Rilke’s Duino Elegies
by Barbara Lewis • authors, books, literature, performance, plays, theatre, year 2020 • Tags: authors, Barbara Lewis, books, literature, performance, plays, theatre •
Brontë’s angry classic, which has for decades fired up rebellious, ambitious girls and women, has found new resonance in our self-isolating times as the National Theatre at Home allows another frustrated generation to ponder its lot.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, poetry, year 2020 • Tags: authors, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
A tribute to Leah Fritz (1931-2020) whose recent death was a sad loss to the London literary scene
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: authors, books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs finds that Danielle Hope’s translations provide a very accessible introduction to Giovanni Pascoli’s poetry
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, history, poetry, politics, year 2019 • Tags: authors, history, Neil Curry, poetry, politics • 0 Comments
Neil Curry indulges in a brief speculation on a recent parallel to a historical moment in the 17th century
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: authors, books, D A Prince, poetry • 1 Comment
D A Prince is intrigued by the presentation but delighted by the substance of this substantial retrospective collection of Helen Dunmore’s poetry
by Barbara Lewis • authors, books, fiction, year 2020 • Tags: authors, Barbara Lewis, books, fiction •
C.J. Cooke, also known as Carolyn Jess-Cooke, is formidable in her achievements. An award-winning poet, novelist, academic and mother of four, her latest work is a text-book example for her creative writing students of how to write a tense page-turner that presses all the right buttons.