There is a popular perception of modern younger poets (and more generally of modern younger people) that we are a self-obsessed bunch. This is a perception especially strongly held, I find, towards those poets whose work is frequently performed, or which blends generically with theatre or music, the idea being that ‘spoken word’ is a medium that deals more in earnest discursiveness and self-assertion than in the (impliedly) subtler and more mature world of ‘page’ poetry.
Zana, dir. Antoneta Kastrati, Kosovo/Albania 2019, 97m, Cert: 15 (UK) A decade after the Kosovo War, Lume is plagued by… Read more Review: Zana (Kastrati, 2019)
The Whole Kahani, May We Borrow Your Country: An anthology of short stories and poems, Linen Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781999604660. £9.99.… Read more Review: May We Borrow Your Country: an anthology of short stories and poems by The Whole Kahani
Fisher, Mark, K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016), Repeater Books, 2018. ISBN: 9781912248285. £25. Repeater Books… Read more Review: K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher (2004-2016) by Mark Fisher
Quin, Ann, The Unmapped Country: Stories & Fragments, And Other Stories, 2018. ISBN: 9781911508144. £10. ‘Neither sane or insane – the thin… Read more Review: The Unmapped Country: Stories & Fragments by Ann Quin
Hedgehog, Maz, Vivat Regina, Superbia Books, 2019. ISBN: 9781907133862. £5.99. Vivat Regina is a chapbook written by Maz Hedgehog, published by Superbia… Read more Review: Vivat Regina by Maz Hedgehog
Thistleton, Clay, Noisesome Ghosts, Blart Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780244406844. £13. Noisesome Ghosts by Clay Thistleton consists of mostly found poetry that… Read more Review: Noisesome Ghosts by Clay Thistleton
Ray, Ricky, Fealty, Diode Editions, 2019. $18 (Preorder). Ricky Ray’s poetry collection, Fealty, was originally published in 2018 by Eyewear Publishing,… Read more Review: Fealty by Ricky Ray
Waymaking: An Anthology of Women’s Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art, ed. Helen Mort, Claire Carter, Heather Dawe & Camilla Barnard,… Read more Review: Waymaking: An Anthology of Women’s Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art
Corcos, Ion, A Spoon of Honey, Flutter Press, 2018. $4.00 (digital only). Corcos explores travel, movement, and restlessness in a touching… Read more Review: A Spoon of Honey by Ion Corcos
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