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Anthology Poetry

Brooklyn Poets Anthology ed. by Jason Koo & Joe Pan

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Amber Attiya, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Poets Anthology, Candace Williams, Cathy Linh Che, Charles Theonia, Christine Gardiner, Deirdre Hines, Hala Alyan, Jason Koo, Joe Pan, John Keats, Lemon Anderson, Lonely Christopher, Lynne De-Silva-Johnson, Martin Espada, New York, Ocean Vuong, Patti Greenberg, Sophie le Fraga, T'ai Freedom Ford, Timothy Donnelly, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Walt Whitman

– Reviewed by Deirdre Hines – Few anthologies deliver on their promise to reflect diversity. Fewer still offer their readers

Anthology Poetry

The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, ed. by Peter Kahn, Ravia Shankar, and Patricia Smith. Foreword by Terrance Hayes

September 17, 2017September 16, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Brit Mags Webster, Christian Robinson/ Rich Robbins, Clare Pollard, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hannah Gamble, Kelly Reuter, Nicki Giovanni, Patricia Smith, Peter Kahn, Ravia Shankar, Sandra Beasley, Sandra M. Gilbert, Sharon Olds, Terrance Hayes, The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks, University of Arkansas Press

– Reviewed by Colette Sensier – The Golden Shovel celebrates one of the most influential American poets of the 20th century,

Anthology Pamphlets Poetry Translation

Laudanum Chapbook Anthology: Volume Two – Abigail Parry, Kimberly Campanello, Frances Lock, ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

September 7, 2017September 16, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Abigail Parry, Andrea Arnold, Becky Varley-Winter, Frances Lock, James Joyce, José Cadalso, Kimberly Campanello, Laudanum, Liz Berry, María Do Ceo, Tiffany Anne Tondut, Ventura Ruiz Aguilera, Zimzalla

– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – Tiffany Anne Tondut notes that the three chapbooks in this Laudanum Chapbook Anthology are ‘zanily disparate’.

Anthology Poetry

Haiku to Fck to* edited by Nikki Marrone & Thomas Dedola

July 6, 2017 Karen Goodwin Jeremy Gordon, Nikki Marrone, Spark the Words, Thomas Dedola

-Reviewed by Jeremy Gordon- The Imprint of you Left Behind Upon the bed. Makes a day better. – Uppahar Subba

Anthology Poetry

The Doll Collection edited by Diane Lockward

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 Karen Goodwin Deirdre Hines, Diane Lockward, Terrapin Books

-Reviewed by Deirdre Hines- This anthology celebrates the representation of dolls in present day American poetry, in all their diversity.

Anthology Saboteur Awards

Saboteur Awards 2017: Spotlight on the Best Anthology Category

April 11, 2017April 11, 2017 Editor Aki Schilz, Anietie Isong, Ashley Stokes, Char March, Chloe Aridjis, Courttia Newland, David Oluwale, Dominic Grace, Eley Williams, Ian Harker, Irenosen Okojie, Juliet Jacques, Koye Oyedeji, M John Harrison, Nicolas Ruston, Nikesh Shukla, Noo Saro-Wiwa, OWF Press, Paper Swans Press, Peter White, Salena Godden, Sarah Miles, SJ Bradley, Sunny Singh, Unthank Books, Valley Press, Will Wiles, Yvvette Edwards

This month we are putting the focus on each category in the Saboteur Awards so voters can get a taster

Anthology Poetry Short Stories

Bunbury Creative Anthology: Volume 1 ed. by Keri-Ann Edwards & Christopher Moriarty

March 5, 2017March 7, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Andrew Lee Hart, Benjamin Fisher, Bunbury Creative Anthology, Christopher Moriarty, Dave Shannon, David Blair, Deirdre Hines, Fiona Nuttall, James Johnson, Joe Roberts, Judgement Dave, Keri-Ann Edwards, Kevin McMahon, Kurt Jarram, Lauren Bell, Natalie Dibsdale, Rimal Ilyas, Rosa Wright, Saboteur Awards 2016, Sarah Cottingham, Suki Spangles

– Reviewed by Deirdre Hines – Rejection letters are commonplace in a writer’s life; rarer are the places that foster the

Anthology Poetry

Urban Myths and Legends: Poems About Transformations ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

March 5, 2017May 1, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Emma Wright, Joe Lines, Metamorphoses, Ovid, Rachel Piercey, Richard O'Brien, The Emma Press, Urban Myths and Legends: Poems About Transformations

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Urban Myths and Legends is an ambitious, fascinating, largely successful reworking of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Anthology Poetry

Asterism: An anthology of poems inspired by punctuation ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Amy Key, Asterism: An anthology of poems inspired by punctuation, Camellia Stafford, Edward Venning, Hannah Lowe, Harry Mann, Jennifer Edgecombe, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Laudanum, Philip Terry, punctuation, Simon Barraclough, Tiffany Anne Tondut

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – An Asterism ⁂, as well as being the word for a pattern of stars

Anthology Poetry

Chapbook Anthology Volume 1: Joey Connolly, Philip Terry & Stuart McKenzie ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

February 1, 2017February 2, 2017 Karen Goodwin Jennifer Edgecombe, Joey Connolly, Laudanum, Philip Terry, Stuart McKenzie, Tiffany Anne Tondut

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – Chapbook anthology: volume one is Laudanum’s second publication, and it binds three chapbooks together, featuring