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Chris Beckett

Poetry review – FANCY THAT AND OTHER POEMS: Chris Beckett clearly enjoys the light-hearted sexual frankness in John Dixon’s poems but finds serious insights as well

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025 0 • Tags: books, Chris Beckett, poetry

Poetry review – RECORDS OF AN INCITEMENT TO SILENCE: Chris Beckett experiences multiple responses to the poetry of Gregory Woods

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2022 0 • Tags: books, Chris Beckett, poetry

Poetry review – TO DARN, TO MEND, TO INTERWEAVE: Chris Beckett reviews a very personal collection by Jo Roach in which the past is intermingled with the present

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2021 0 • Tags: books, Chris Beckett, poetry

Chris Beckett welcomes the arrival of a new collection from Julia Bird

By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2017 1 • Tags: books, Chris Beckett, poetry