100 POETS. A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY: Kevin Saving considers the selections made and not made for a new anthology compiled by John Carey
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, Edmund Prestwich, literature, poetry • 2 Comments
Poetry review – PURGATORIO: Edmund Prestwich looks at a new translation by DM Black
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, drawing, literature, poetry reviews, year 2021 • Tags: books, drawing, literature, Merryn Williams, poetry • 0 Comments
EURIPIDES: THE TROJAN WOMEN, A COMIC: Merryn Williams considers an unusual re-working of Euripides by Anne Carson & Rosanna Bruno
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2021 • Tags: authors, books, Jacob John Shales, literature, poetry • 0 Comments
HARTLEY COLERIDGE – GENIUS DISREGARDED. Jacob John Shale considers Andrew Keanie’s short study of the life and poetry of the eldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, Edmund Prestwich, literature, poetry • 1 Comment
THE FIRE OF JOY: Edmund Prestwich looks at a very personal poetry compilation by Clive James
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, year 2020 • Tags: authors, books, literature, Richard Caldwell • 0 Comments
Richard Caldwell surveys Andrew Keanie’s new study of Thomas De Quincey
by Barbara Lewis • authors, books, literature, performance, plays, theatre, year 2020 • Tags: authors, Barbara Lewis, books, literature, performance, plays, theatre •
Brontë’s angry classic, which has for decades fired up rebellious, ambitious girls and women, has found new resonance in our self-isolating times as the National Theatre at Home allows another frustrated generation to ponder its lot.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, literature, politics, society, year 2019 • Tags: art, literature, Michael Crowley, politics, society • 0 Comments
Social Solidarity and the Arts in Woke Times: Michael Crowley advocates against an ever-increasing subdivision of the arts into racial, age-related or gender groups for a similar audience
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, history, literature, poetry reviews, year 2019 • Tags: books, history, literature, poetry, Rosie Johnston • 0 Comments
Rosie Johnston congratulates Paul McLoughlin for taking on the challenge of rendering these ancient poems in contemporary English
by Stephanie Sears • art, authors, books, drawing, fiction, film, literature, music, painting, playwrights, sculpture, society, theatre, writing, year 2019 • Tags: art, authors, books, drawing, fiction, film, history, literature, music, painting, playwrights, sculpture, society, Stephanie V Sears, theatre, writing •
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • literature, poetry, writing, year 2018 • Tags: literature, Neil Curry, poetry, writing • 1 Comment
Neil Curry fears that wit and breadth of imagination are becoming undervalued by contemporary poets
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • authors, books, literature, poetry, year 2022 • Tags: authors, books, James McGonigal, literature, poetry • 0 Comments
HIDDEN SUN: James McGonigal explores James Fountain’s perceptive study of the poet Joseph Macleod