I was honoured to be asked to edit the 50th Magma, with the help of assistant editor Mary Tymkow. ‘Journeys’ seemed an appropriate theme for such a landmark issue, and our contributors sent us on a dizzying array of travels – there are commutes, honeymoons and dangerous assignments: a soldier returns from Basra, Rimbaud strolls into Bohemia and an unborn child decides whether to be born.
Alongside exciting new voices, there are poems from John Glenday, Neil Rollinson, John Hegley and Iranian poet Lily Mosini in collaboration with Clare Shaw. I’m very pleased to have articles by David Morley on Romani poetry, Sian Hughes on working with a poet in exile, and the Turner Prize Winner Jeremy Deller talking about Neil Young’s ‘Pocahontas’
Poems
| Anthony Joseph | In the Andean Belly |
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| Sam Riviere | Take it Away |
| Robert Hamberger | My Bohemia |
| Liz Loxley | Honey Moon |
| Holly Hopkins | Anniversary |
| Anita Pati | An unborn child wonders if it’s worth it |
Articles
| Editorial | 'When you start on your way to Ithaca, Pray that the journey be long, Rich in adventure, rich in discovery.' C… |
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| Vivid Blooms | Zoë Brigley reviews Jackie Kay’s Fiere (Picador £8.99), Martyn Crucefix’s Hurt (Enitharmon £9.99) and A B Jackson’s Apocrypha (Donut Press… |
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