* The Winter 2020 issue of LONDON GRIP NEW POETRY features: * Kathryn de Leon * Steve Black * Chris Hardy * Stuart Handysides * Briege Duffaud * Frederick Pollack * Ian Heffernan * Brian Docherty * R G Jodah * Maggie Freeman * Elizabeth Smither * Jan-An Saab * Julia Duke * Jeni Curtis […]
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
Poetry review – HOW THE HELL ARE YOU: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs appreciates the highly individual worldview revealed in Glyn Maxwell’s new collection
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
Poetry review – A SENSE OF TIPTOE: A vivid and vigorous collection by Karen Hayes tackles some down to earth issues relating to faith
* The Autumn 2020 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: *Zoe Brooks *Colin Pink *Tony Beyer *Leona Gom *Daniel Bennett *James Roderick Burns *Jack Houston *Tom Phillips *Moya Pacey *Mary Franklin *Curtis Brown *Peter Kenny *Angela Kirby *Kathleen McPhilemy *Ruth Valentine *Marie Dullaghan *Molly Burnell *Tanner *Jane McLaughlin *Jennifer Johnson *Mary Robinson *Marion McCready […]
Poetry Review – PASSPORTS: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs finds that Tim Cunningham’s latest collection springs a few surprises
* The Summer 2020 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: * Margaret Hollingsworth * William Bedford * Carl Griffin * Tim Youngs * Belinda Rimmer * Raymond Miller * Richie McCaffery * Hannah Hodgson * Bruce Christianson * James Fountain * Stuart Handysides * Stuart Pickford * Barry Smith * Jane Simpson * Tim […]
Virgin & Child: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs is intrigued by a new novel by Maggie Hamand in which a theological conundrum leads to tension – and ultimately violence – within the Vatican
Poetry Review – Shop TALK: Paul Tanner’s poetic accounts of life as a shop worker are vivid, uncompromising and ultimately uncomfortable
* The Spring 2020 issue of London Grip New Poetry features: * Tanner * Glenn Hubbard * Jock Stein * Tim Cunningham * Joe Balaz * Ben Banyard * Teoti Jardine * Brian Docherty * Frederick Pollack * Jack Collard * Chris Johnson * Phil Connolly * Jim C Wilson * Carla Scarano * Andrew […]
A tribute to Leah Fritz (1931-2020) whose recent death was a sad loss to the London literary scene
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: books, Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – IN THE LATENESS OF THE WORLD: Carolyn Forché’s dense and imaginative poems prompt Michael Bartholomew-Biggs to a spot of introspection