Poetry – Page 5 – Sabotage

Pamphlets Poetry

Passivity, Electricity, Acclivity by Ella Frears

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Karen Goodwin Ella Frears, Goldsmiths Press, Phoebe walker

-Reviewed by Phoebe Walker- Ella Frears’ debut pamphlet, one of the first in Goldsmiths Press’ ‘Shorts’ series, opens with a

Anthology Poetry Uncategorized

Primers: Volume Two Ben Bransfield, Cynthia Miller, Marvin Thompson

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Karen Goodwin Ben Bransfield, Cynthia Miller, Jacob Sam, Jane Commane, La Rose, Marvin Thompson, Nine Arches Press

-Reviewed by Pam Thompson- The Primers scheme provides an important platform for emerging poets who are seeking to develop their

Collaboration Festival Interactive Literature Live Literature Poetry Slider

Funkenteleky Verve Special (The Old Rep, Birmingham, 17 Feb 2019)

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Charley

Reviewed by Jonah Corren ‘Funken.. what? Funkenwha? Is it a typo? Funfksjsdksrd?! Seriously? That’s not a word. Funke..Fun…ke? Funkenteleky!’ On

Pamphlets Poetry

Time Zone by Dominic Hale

April 10, 2019April 15, 2019 Karen Goodwin

-Reviewed by Alice Tarbuck- Dominic Hale’s new pamphlet from Spam Press begins with an epigraph from Jack Spicer: ‘A poet

Interactive Literature Live Literature Poetry Seasonal/End of year Spoken Word

UniSlam Grand Finals (The Old Rep, Birmingham, 3 Feb 2019)

March 25, 2019 Charley

Reviewed by Tyrone Lewis What an event UniSlam is! For those who don’t know, UniSlam is an annual team poetry

Bohdan Piasecki standing in front of a blue and yellow Hit the Ode display

Collaboration Festival Interactive Literature Live Literature Poetry Spoken Word

Hit the Ode x UniSlam Party (The Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome, 1 Feb 2019)

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 Charley Birmingham, Hit the Ode, literature event, Live Literature, live poetry, performance poetry, Spoken Word, UniSlam

reviewed by Hannah Ledlie Hit the Ode was launched a decade ago in The Victoria, a popular pub in Birmingham city

Collection Poetry Uncategorized

Bad Kid Catullus edited by Jon Stone and Kirsten Irving

January 10, 2019January 11, 2019 Karen Goodwin Fiona Moore, Headbooks, Jon Stone, Kirsten Irving, Sidekick Books

-Reviewed by Fiona Moore- If you read this book on public transport, you may miss your stop. If you let

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

Threads by Sandeep Parmar, Nisha Ramayya & Bhanu Kapil

September 20, 2018September 21, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Becky Varley-Winter, Bhanu Kapil, Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine, Clinic, lyric, lyric essay, lyric poetry, Mark Jeffreys, Natasha Saje, Nisha Ramayya, Not-I, race, Samuel Beckett, Sandeep Parmar, Small White Monkeys, Sophie Collins, The Odyssey

– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – In Threads – a collaborative pamphlet on poetry and race from Sandeep Parmar, Bhanu Kapil

Pamphlets Poetry

Wild Queendoms: Three Pamphlets by Iona Lee, Liz Berry, and Claire Walker

August 23, 2018August 24, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter Becky Varley-Winter, Big Time Sensuality, Bjork, Chatto & Windus, Claire Walker, Iona Lee, Liz Berry, Polygon New Poets, Somewhere Between Rose and Black, The Republic of Motherhood, V. Press, Walt Whitman

Iona Lee by Iona Lee Somewhere Between Rose and Black by Claire Walker The Republic of Motherhood by Liz Berry

Pamphlets Poetry

All the Relevant Gods by Robin Houghton

July 31, 2018August 3, 2018 Becky Varley-Winter All the Relevant Gods, Becky Varley-Winter, Cinnamon Press, Robin Houghton

– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – “I thought I knew this country” Robin Houghton writes in ‘Old ground’ – “how small