Stuart Henson listens in to Neil Curry’s artful channeling of Virginia Woolf
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Merryn Williams shares a few thoughts about Alan Dunnett’s rather challenging poetry collection which seeks, among other things, to capture “the psychological fallout of anxiety in modern capitalist culture”
Richie McCaffery finds the new pamphlet by Donald Gardner to have something of the weight of a full collection
Keith Bosley’s expertise with language gives breadth to his poems without losing touch with the ordinary reader, observes Carla Scarano
Norbert Hirschhorn delights in the discipline underpinning Mimi Khalvati’s poetry
* This issue of London Grip features new poems by: * Robert Etty *Mark Young *Rodney Wood *Peter Daniels *Jill Harris *Derek Adams * Marion McCready *Robert Nisbet *Emma Neale *Pamela Job * Tim Love *Susannah Hart * Ian C Smith *Gareth Culshaw * Dan Bennett * Anne Ballard * E Wen Wong *Phil Wood […]
James Roderick Burns appreciates the way Phil Kirby handles darker aspects of life with honesty but without excluding hope
D A Prince admires John Fennelly’s attention to language and connections in this substantial new pamphlet
Alex Josephy finds that Ruth Smith’s collection is one of those books which remind her why poetry is important
Norbert Hirschhorn’s new collection draws deeply on his Jewish heritage and contains poems that are honest, compassionate and wise
Thomas Ovans reviews two new poetry anthologies from two small presses which tackle big themes.
Graham Hardie considers the range and substance of a debut collection by Will Holloway
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2018 • Tags: books, Graham Hardie, poetry