Poetry review – LEAVING THE HILLS: Stuart Henson reviews Tony Curtis’s latest collection and reflects on many years of thoughtful, well-observed poetry
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Poetry review – TAXONOMIC VIGNETTES: Henry Schneiderman finds Alan Cohen’s poems to be a powerful mix of frank autobiography and lively imagination
Poetry review – FROM THE EAST: Peter Ualrig Kennedy is impressed by the clever cadences of John Greening’s poetry in this volume
Poetry review – APPEAR TO DANCE: Charles Rammelkamp finds Linda Kleinbub’s poetic diary to be a powerful reminder of life amid the COVID pandemic
Poetry review – TIERCE: Rosie Johnston finds that Vaughan Pilikian’s poetry leaves room for the reader’s own speculations
Poetry review – AMBUSH AT STILL LAKE: Rennie Halstead enjoys being taken to unexpected places by Caroline Bird’s poems
James Ensor and the Graphic Experiment. Review by Barbara Lewis. This year marks 75 years since the death of the painter and printmaker James Ensor, which has been the cue for a flurry of exhibitions in his native Belgium.
Poetry review – BELIEF SYSTEMS: Paul McDonald praises Tamar Yoseloff’s new collection of ekphrastic poetry for its imagination and inventiveness
Poetry review – A DISTANT ENGLISHNESS: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs examines a challenging but rewarding collection by John Whitehouse
Poetry review – MERMAIDS OF ALBUQUERQUE: Charles Rammelkamp enjoys the realistic optimism in Elizabeth Cohen’s poems
Poetry review – SMALL AND NECESSARY LIVES: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs admires Ron Scowcroft’s ability to capture moments that might easily be missed
THE BOOKSTORE BOOK: Charles Rammelkamp reviews a memoir in poetry and prose by Ron Kolm
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