Poetry review – THE COLOUR OF RAIN: Pat Edwards finds her imagination stirred by the poems in Susan Utting’s new collection
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Poetry review FOR ECHO: Mark Fiddes explores a new collection by Omar Sabbagh
SHAKESPEARE IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY: John Lucas admires Neville Grant’s new study of Shakespeare’s plays prior to 1603 – and is already impatient for a sequel
The Plague Diaries and beyond: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs looks at two poetry ventures involving John Forth & Paul McLoughlin
Poetry review – JOE HILL MAKES HIS WAY INTO THE CASTLE: Thomas Ovans gets to grips with an idiosyncratic new collection by Katy Evans-Bush and finds it a rewarding experience
Poetry review – ALOGOPOIESIS: Kimberly K. Williams examines an unusual & substantial collection by Amelia Walker
Poetry review – REFLECTIONS IN A DIRTY MIRROR: Charles Rammelkamp surveys Tony Dawson’s somewhat bleak view of the world
Poetry review – NOT ENOUGH RAGE – Neil Elder finds this new collection by Gram Joel Davies lives up to the aims implied by its title
Poetry review – VELVEL’S VIOLIN: Wendy Klein reviews a collection by Jacqueline Saphra whose themes have acquired even more depth and significance in light of post-publication events
The Prince and the Plunder. Review by Barbara Lewis. The story of Ethiopian Prince Alamayu, or Alemayehu, depending on your choice of spelling, is haunting because it could have been so different. Above all, he should never have died when and where he did.
Poetry review – DEAR RWANDA: Alwyn Marriage admires how well Isabella Mead’s poems have captured her experience of living in another country
Poetry review – THE TRAPEZE OF YOUR FLESH: Thomas Ovans is impressed by the extensive knowledge behind Charles Rammelkamp’s poetic history of Striptease and Burlesque
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