Katrina Naomi reviews Raymond Antrobus, Terrance Hayes and Tim Turnbull
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Ian McEwen reviews Charlotte Eichler, David Tait and Kristín Ómarsdóttir
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Rishi Dastidar reviews Iain Morrison, Kate Potts and Michael Hofmann
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Review: Clarissa Aykroyd Reviews ‘Gallop’ by Alison Brackenbury
Gallop, an overview of Alison Brackenbury’s nearly 40 years of work, is appropriately named for its many poems about horses, but it could also be a gallop through her impressive career. Tonally, though, it’s probably more of a horseback ramble…
Adele Ward Reviews Yvonne Reddick and Russell Jones
Spikenard Yvonne Reddick Smith|Doorstop, £7.50 Dark Matters: new sci-fi poems Russell Jones Tapsalteerie, £5 At the centre of Yvonne Reddick’s beautifully produced chapbook Spikenard is a broken relationship, a sense of loss and a depth of feeling that endures years…
Steven Waling Reviews ‘The Games’ by Harry Josephine Giles
There’s something about this collection, The Games – by a poet previously unknown to me – that is immediately enjoyable, and even fun – without necessarily being able to ‘get’ everything in the poems. Poetry with an air of experiment…
Maryam Hessavi reviews Stephen Sawyer, Mircea Dinescu and Tracy K. Smith
There Will Be No Miracles Here Stephen Sawyer Smokestack Books, £7.99 The Barbarians’ Return Mircea Dinescu Bloodaxe Books, £12 Wade In The Water Tracy K Smith Penguin, £8.99 * -------I who am alive, begin…
Matt Merritt reviews Stav Poleg, Bobby Parker and an entertainment for W S Graham
Lights, Camera, Stav Poleg Eyewear, £6 Working Class Voodoo Bobby Parker Offord Road Books, £10 The Caught Habits of Language Edited by Rachael Boast, Andy Ching and Nathan Hamilton Donut Press, £15 * See the review as it appeared in the…
Zoë Brigley reviews Tishani Doshi, Deborah Alma and Polly Atkin
Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods Tishani Doshi Bloodaxe, £9.95 Dirty Laundry Deborah Alma Nine Arches, £9.99 Basic Nest Architecture Polly Atkin Seren, £9.99 The three collections reviewed here subvert normative cultural narratives, and engage readers with certain kinds…
Pippa Little Reviews ‘My Life as a Painter’ by Matthew Sweeney
I was drafting this review when the news came that Matthew Sweeney had died on August 5th. I’d like to think of him, poet with a dried sunflower in one buttonhole and a dwarf red tulip in the other (as…
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