Poetry review – THE ESTATE AGENT’S DAUGHTER: Mat Riches welcomes a well-presented and characterful new collection from Rhian Edwards
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, year 2020 • Tags: books, Charles Rammelkamp • 0 Comments
Book review – FAMILIES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS: Charles Rammelkamp considers a short story collection by Anita Goveas
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, fiction, history, year 2020 • Tags: books, fiction, history, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • 0 Comments
Book review – THE PRISONER’S WIFE: this remarkable novel by Maggie Brookes is based on a true story and tells of an almost incredible deception successfully carried out during World War Two
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, religion, year 2020 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, religion • 0 Comments
Poetry review – A SENSE OF TIPTOE: A vivid and vigorous collection by Karen Hayes tackles some down to earth issues relating to faith
by Barbara Lewis • books, psychology, psychotherapy, writing, year 2020 • Tags: Barbara Lewis, books, psychology, psychotherapy, writing •
Fetishism Psychoanalysis Anthropology & Crazy Love. Review by Barbara Lewis. Psychotherapist Patricia Morris undertakes a brave, elegantly-argued and learned analysis, enriched by her years of professional experience, to pin down the meaning of one very particular word – fetishism – and explore its distortion by anthropologists.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, poetry, Rennie Halstead • 0 Comments
Poetry review – NEGOTIATING CAPONATA – Rennie Halstead looks at poems by Carla Scarano D’Antonio which reflect the intensity of family relationships across generations
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Emma Lee, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – KATABASIS: Emma Lee assesses a complex myth-poem sequence by Jay G Ying
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Louise Warren, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – BREAD WITHOUT BUTTER: Louise Warren absorbs the atmosphere of Wendy French’s memoir of life in rural Wales
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Peter Ualrig Kennedy, poetry • 1 Comment
Poetry Review – FATHER LEAR: Peter Ualrig Kennedy is transfixed by Penelope Shuttle’s mastery of her art in her most recent collection
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Carla Scarano, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – SUNDAY’S CHILD: Carla Scarano examines Rebecca Bilkau’s poetic narrative of a wounded childhood
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Pat Edwards, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – GRIT: Pat Edwards is impressed by Emily Oldfield’s ability to take her readers with her into a rugged landscape
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, poetry, Sue Wallace-Shaddad • 0 Comments
Poetry review – THE SHAKING CITY: Sue Wallace-Shaddad enjoys the interweaving of moods and ideas in Cath Drake’s new collection