Literary Criticism – Sabotage

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Re-Dreaming Sylvia Plath as a Queen Bee by Sean Borodale

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Karen Goodwin Hazel Press, Karen Goodwin, Sean Borodale, Sylvia Plath

-Reviewed by Karen Goodwin- Re-Dreaming Sylvia Plath as a Queen Bee is a hallucinatory essay, a daring reclamation of the

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Going Short—An Invitation to Flash Fiction by Nancy Stohlman

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Phil Olsen Ad Hoc Fiction, Nancy Stohlman, Neil Campbell

–Reviewed by Neil Campbell– I came to Nancy Stohlman’s Going Short (Ad Hoc Fiction) with some trepidation. I’ve been writing

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Spoken Word Playlist #4: ‘Mountain’ by Jet Sweeney

August 28, 2020August 31, 2020 Heddwen performance art, Performance Poet, performance poetry, poetry, Spoken Word

– Written by Hannah Ledlie – I suspect Jet Sweeney’s ‘Mountain’ might be a marmite poem. To test this theory

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Saboteur Awards 2019 Category Spotlight: Best Magazine

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 Heddwen

Throughout the year there are magazines working hard to showcase, publish and generally support the literary talent the UK and

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Saboteur Awards 2019 Category Spotlight: Best Reviewer of Literature

May 7, 2019May 10, 2019 Heddwen

An important part of the independent literature scene are the reviewers who help to shine a light on brilliant publications,

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Inky Needles #2: Celebrity & Speed

September 5, 2015September 3, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Amy Mackelden, Angus Sinclair, Celebrity, Fred Sugarman-Warner, Inky Needles, James Nixon, Jess Gregory, Joe Turnbull, John Newton, Laura Tansley, Natty Peterkin, Nicomedus Reuben, Ricky Howrie, Samuel Stolton, Speed

– Reviewed by Angus Sinclair – – Edited by Samuel Stolton, Jess Gregory, Joe Turnbull & Ricky Howrie. Two

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Saboteur Awards 2015: Best Anthologies, Pamphlets, Publishers and Reviewers

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Afric McGlinchey, Andy Jackson, Ashley Stokes, Becky Varley-Winter, Bloodaxe, Brett Evans, Bridgedoor Press, Burning Eye Books, Charles Whalley, Dave Coates, Dead Ink Books, Double Bill, Eniko Jahab, Eve Lacey, For Books' Sake, Furies: A Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors, Holly Corfield Carr, Indigo Dreams, Influx Press, Joey Connolly, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Kissing Angles, Mark Fiddes, MINE, Penned in the Margins, Red Squirrel Press, Robin Jones, Sarah Fletcher, Templar Poetry, Ten: The New Wave, Test Centre, The Charnel House, The Chelsea Flower Show Massacre, The Devil’s Tattoo, The Emma Press, Tom Chivers, Tom de Freston, Unthank Books, Unthology 6, Victoria Kennefick, White Whale

– In which Becky Varley–Winter sums up Best Anthologies, Poetry Pamphlets, Reviewers, and Publishers – Best Anthology Best Anthology was a dynamic,

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Inky Needles:The Body Modern

October 22, 2014October 21, 2014 Editor AE Ballakisten, Alex Campbell, Alice Butler, Annabel Banks, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Constantin Preda, Jane Cleasby, Jessica Gregory, Ricky Howries

-Reviewed by Alex Campbell– Initial impressions from the cover of “The Body Modern”, the first print edition of Inky

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The Hidden World of Poetry: Unravelling Celtic Mythology in Contemporary Irish Poetry by Adam Wyeth

August 8, 2014 Editor Adam Wyeth, Alexander Pope, Bjork, Italo Calvino, Mad Sweeney, Mary O’Malley, Maurice Riordan, Miriam Logan, Patricia Monaghan, Paul Muldoon, Salmon Poetry, Seamus Heaney, W. B. Yeats

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– Adam Wyeth’s The Hidden World of Poetry: Unravelling Celtic Mythology in Contemporary Irish Poetry is