Fiona Sinclair explores a picture & poem collaboration by Gordon Meade & Douglas Robertson
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Richie McCaffery gives particular attention to the new section of M.R. Peacocke’s recent New and Selected
Peter Daniels sees Floyd Skloot’s new collection as a meditation on life and death – and on poetry as a means of dealing with both of them.
John Snelling finds an all too common “either/or” approach is replaced by a pleasingly inclusive “and/and” viewpoint throughout a kaleidoscopic collection by Marcus Smith
When you listen over many years to hundreds of people, from all walks of life, talking confidentially about their relationships, patterns suggest themselves even while each person’s individuality remains vivid.
D A Prince finds Stuart Henson’s “Feast of Fools” hard to classify but easy to enjoy
Caroline Maldonado finds there are many possible ways of reading this chapbook of poems by Susan Wicks with artwork by Elizabeth Clayman
Thomas Ovans enjoys picking his way through some of the intricate twists and turns of Kate Atkinson’s prize-winning novel
Merryn Williams welcomes a new book by John Pikoulis which relates the poetry of Alun Lewis to the circumstances surrounding his tragic death in 1944
John Forth finds that humour is one of the keys to the success of Alberto Torrealba’s tale of a poetic duel (translated by Timothy Adès)
Thomas Ovans explores the complexities of Bethany Pope’s intense & tightly-wrought poetry
Emma Lee admires Deborah Tyler-Bennett’s perceptive handling of memory and nostalgia.
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2016 1 • Tags: books, poetry