| Magma 30 in the Poetry Library Archive |
The full contents of Magma 30 have been archived by the Poetry Library and can be accessed on their website, here. |
| Beyond Bedlam and beyond |
In 1997 Anvil Press published Beyond Bedlam, the first mainstream anthology of poems by survivors of mental illness. There had been other anthologies, of course, particularly those published by Survivors’ Poetry, but this was different. It was supported by the Royal Bethlem Hospital, London (the original ‘Bedlam’) and the Maudsley Hospital; it was edited by… |
| Magma Poetry and Motion |
As Magma celebrates 10 years in print, Mick Delap, one of the original group which started Magma, talks to the Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, and looks back at the early days – Magma’s and Motion’s. Andrew Motion, like most poets, can still remember the first magazine to take one of his poems – and with… |
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