Poems by Noshi Gillani (trans. Lavinia Greenlaw and Nukhbah Langah), Review #9
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien- Noshi Gillani is a poet from Pakistan who migrated to the USA. She writes in Urdu,
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The Secrets I Let Slip by Selina Nwulu, Review #8
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– I don’t think I’m saying anything surprising here, when I say that there are still some
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Peace Camp by Peter Carpenter, Review #7
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– One of the joys of this challenge lies in discovering new presses, as well as new
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Watersong by Andy Brown, Review #6
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– I like to think I’ve read poetry on all sorts of topics, but aside from Tim
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A Dock is Not a Solid Thing by Sarah Hymas, Review #5
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– First things first, this is a gorgeous object, bound only by see-through ribbons which wrap around
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The Misplaced House by Josephine Corcoran, Review #4
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Josephine Corcoran has been running the wonderful poetry website And other poems on which she’s been
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Tiktaalik, Adieu by Lynn Pedersen, Review #3
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– The trouble with research-based poetry is that, when the subject matter is sufficiently fascinating, there can
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Objects of Desire by Sophie Essex, Review #2
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– The temptation with this kind of challenge is to compare each poet to the one reviewed
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Teaching my mother how to give birth by Warsan Shire, Review #1
-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– When I think of 2015, Warsan Shire is the poet who comes to mind. It’s often
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The Place of Poetry in the World – Simon Armitage’s Inaugural Lecture
-Reviewed by Dan Holloway– The Oxford Professor of Poetry seems about as outmoded and irrelevant a title as you could
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