Roger Caldwell considers an impressively substantial volume of poems by Robert Desnos with translations by Timothy Adès
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Many years after first reading the classic 1930s novel, Sarah Lawson decided to open the book again and write down her second impressions: Emma Lee considers that this re-appraisal was well worthwhile.
Perspectives on Poetry: John Lucas examines three recent studies exploring the craft and ideas of three eminent poets .
Jeremy Wikeley gives his reactions to the exhibition Larkinworld which is currently at the Poetry Library, Southbank Centre
Roger Caldwell reviews Ian Gordon‘s recent biography of the poet Anne Stevenson
John Lucas reflects on Michael Wilding’s account of the lives and work of three significant figures from Australia’s early literary history
David Cooke applauds the efforts of Paul Vincent & John Irons in selecting and translating an anthology which spans 1000 years of Dutch poetry
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
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by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, literature, painting, poetry, politics, year 2018 • Tags: books, John Lucas, literature, painting, poetry, politics • 0 Comments
John Lucas reviews a genuinely interesting collection of essays by Jim Burns – and adds some equally interesting observations of his own