Poetry review – HAUNT ME: Charles Rammelkamp considers José Enrique Medina’s unusual ways of dealing with grief and loss
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Poetry review – BLUE IN GREEN: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs enjoys the warm and gently upbeat tone of John Harvey’s latest chapbook
Poetry review – EJECT CITY: Charles Rammelkamp considers a fairly dark collection by Jason Morphew
. Poetry review – WATER: Tim Murphy reviews Haleh Liza Gafori’s new translation of Rumi’s poetry
Poetry review – FRANK’S LUNCH SERVICE: Charles Rammelkamp appreciates the sheer physicality of the materials that make up this collection by Frank Rubino Frank’s Lunch Service Frank Rubino Lithic Press, 2025 ISBN: 978-1946-583-413 $20.00, 112 pages
Poetry review – AUGUST 24, 1957 : Charles Rammelkamp follows Robert Cooperman through recollections and reflections stirred by a traumatic childhood incident
Poetry review – A CERTAIN PENANCE OF LIGHT: Julian Stannard discusses Debasish Lahiri’s unusual approach to ekphrastic poetry
Sense & Sensibility, The Musical. Review by Barbara Lewis. Jane Austen loved music, but words were her supreme medium for conveying the nuanced feelings of her finest characters and the vicious superficiality of the mercenary social climbers that served to highlight the quieter virtues.
Poetry review – IN THE LILY ROOM: Nick Cooke admires Erica Hesketh’s collection about motherhood not only for being accomplished and moving but also for its broad appeal across gender boundaries In The Lily Room Erica Hesketh Nine Arches Press ISBN 978-1-916760-16-5 pp 90 £11.99 A meticulous account of childbirth and what […]
Poetry review – CHOSEN GROUND: Colin Pink admires the witty and wise explorations of life’s puzzles in this new collection by Christopher M James
Poetry review – A NEWER WILDERNESS: Andrew Keanie finds that Nicola Healey’s slim chapbook has much to say about human wellness and well-being
Tilda Swinton – Ongoing. Review by Barbara Lewis. In 1994, Tilda Swinton at the age of 33 went to 43 funerals, including that of Derek Jarman, the artist who had shaped her way of working that she terms “co-authorship”.
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