Claire Trévien – Sabotage

Seasonal/End of year

Sabotage Reviews’ End of Year Critic’s Choice 2016

December 3, 2016August 25, 2017 Editor A.K Blakemore, Abi Palmer, Andrew Walton, Bang Said the Gun!, Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood, Ben Norris, Beyonce, Burning Eye Books, Caleb Femi, Cath Barton, Charley Barnes, Chloe Stopa-Hunt, Claire Trévien, Clinic, Dan Holloway, David Attwooll, Denise Riley, Edwina Attlee, Emily Dickinson, Fay Roberts, Galley Beggar Press, Genna Gardini, Geraldine Clarkson, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hammer and Tongue, Hel Gurney, Helen ivory, Hollie McNish, James Clammer, Jemima Foxtrot, John McCullough, Jules Laforgue, Katie Griffiths, Leah Umansky, Lucy Ingrams, Lydia Towsey, Maria Ferguson, Maureen Cullen, Mina Loy, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Poetry London, Rialto, Richard Scott, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Sally Jack, Sarah Howe, Soloman O.B., Stéphane Mallarmé, Stevie Smith, T. S. Eliot, Tania Hershman, The Mechanisms, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Unthology, Unthology 8, Vahni Capildeo, Vanessa Kisuule, Warsan Shire

It’s that time of year again when reviewers and editors look back on this year’s publications and performances and share

‘You must teach the stuff you love’: in conversation with Robert Berold

September 11, 2016 Editor Aerial Publishing, Bila, Claire Trévien, David Hinton, Deep South, Denis Hirson, Dladla, Grahamstown, Guy Butler, Harry Owen, Joza, Kelwyn Sole, Kenneth Rexroth, Motsapi, NELM, New Coin, Nxumalo, Nyezwa, Rampolokeng, Reddits Poetry, Robert Berold, Seitlhamo Motsapi, South Africa, William Carlos Williams, Zhuwao

-In Conversation with Claire Trévien– South African poet Robert Berold, born 1948, is the author of four books of poems.

Anthology Poetry

Best Friends Forever (ed. by Amy Key)

January 15, 2015January 14, 2015 Editor Amy Key, Brenda Shaughnessy, Camellia Stafford, Catherine Smith, Claire Trévien, Fran Lock, Kathryn Maris, Kathy Pimlott, Liz Berry, Nia Davis, Rachel Piercey, Rebecca Perry, Sharanya Manivannan, Sophie Collins, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Fiona Moore– Emma Press anthologies – charming, quirky, heartfelt – are becoming part of the poetry landscape. Best

Collection Poetry

Missing the Moon by Bin Ramke

January 3, 2015January 4, 2015 Editor Bin Ramke, Claire Trévien, David Hilbert, Kumari, Omnidawn Press

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– The section titles in Bin Ramke’s twelfth collection Missing the Moon are stories in themselves: ‘The

All of the Above Seasonal/End of year

Poetry Round-Up 2014

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Editor Alex Josephy, Alice Allen, Amy Ekins, Andrew Walton, angela topping, Annexe, Antoine Wauters, Billy Mills, Box[Ed.], Burning Eye Books, C.A. LaRue, Cecilia Bennett, Charles Whalley, Claire Trévien, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Hales, David Attwooll, David Clarke, Declan Ryan, Denise Saul, Dorothy Lehane, Eley Williams, Fawzia Kane, Flarestack Poets, FlightFeather Press, For Books' Sake, Forks and Spoons Press, Frances Justine Post, George Szirtes, Germ, Hamish Whyte, Happenstance Press, Harry Burke, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Hercules Editions, Holly Corfield Carr, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Ira Lightman, James Mcloughlin, Janet Stott, Jean-Baptiste Cabaud, Jehanne Dubrow, John Clegg, John McGhee, Jon Stone, Keiran Goddard, Kevin Reid, Kirsten Irving, Leah Umansky, Lily Blacksell, Lindsay Lusby, Literal Fish, Maria Taylor, Maria Walker, Matthew Walton, Miel, Milou Stella, Morgane Rémy, Nasty Little Press, Noni Benegas, Oystercatcher Press, Oz Hardwick, Paige Taggart, Penny Boxall, Peter Riley, Pighog Press, Poetry Salzburg, Rachael Allen, Rebecca Tamás, Richie McCaffery, Rishi Dastidar, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards, Sam Riviere, Sarah Hymas, SJ Fowler, Steve Nash, Sue Rose, Tall Lighthouse, Tapsalteerie, Telltale Press, Thamesis, The Bastille, The Emma Press, The Knives, Tom de Freston, Tom Watts, Victoria Bean, Vsevolod Nekrasov, W.N. Herbert, Yu Xiang

-by Claire Trévien- It’s been a busy year for published poetry over at Sabotage Reviews, we’ve reviewed in the last

Collection Poetry

The Ringmaster’s Apprentice by Oz Hardwick

December 15, 2014December 16, 2014 Editor Claire Trévien, Helen Mort, Oz Hardwick, Tom Lehrer, Valley Press

A Tripadvisor-style review In August we inaugurated our first Tripadvisor-style review with a six-handed review of John Clegg’s pamphlet. The

Interview with Lysiane Rakotoson

December 4, 2014December 5, 2014 William Barrett A Verse, Aka, Albert Camus, Appelle-moi poésie, Cheyne, Claire Trévien, Clément Rosset, Déborah Heissler, Double-Change, Dylan Thomas, Franck André Jammes, François Bon, Kenneth White, Laura Vasquez, Les lectures sous l'arbre, Lysiane Rakotoson, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Michel Serres, Pierre Maubé, Prix de la Vocation, René Char, Sylvia Plath, Voix de la Méditéranée, Voix Vives

–with Claire Trévien- Pour une version française de l’entretien, voir ci-dessous. Claire Trévien You might only be 26 years old

Anthology Poetry

Furies: a Poetry Anthology of Women Warriors ed. by Eve Lacey

October 26, 2014October 26, 2014 Editor Anja Konig, Claire Trévien, For Books' Sake, Furies, Helen Mort, Imtiaz Dharker, Malika Booker, Patience Aghabi, Rebecca Goss, Reeva Steenkamp, Susan Richardson

-Reviewed by Anja Konig– Acid attacks in Iran, Malala shot by the Taliban, abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria, Reeva Steenkamp dead

Magazine Poetry

Lunar Poetry #1

September 12, 2014September 12, 2014 Editor Bob Beagrie, Catherine Ann Cullen, Claire Trévien, D. S. West, David Clarke, David Grubb, Doghouse Books, Fanni Suto, Gary from Leeds, Gene Berry, Godefroy Dronsart, Hugh McMillan, Kirsten Irving, Lesley Burt, Lunar Poetry, Magdalena Wolak, Martyn Crucefix, Mary O Gorman, Paul McMenemy, Tim Wells, Wynn Wheldon, Zara Raab

-Reviewed by Zara Raab– Lunar Poetry earns its name in this first issue, full of tunes and nonsense, word play

Anthology Poetry

The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems about Perfume (ed. by Jehanne Dubrow and Lindsay Lusby)

July 20, 2014 Editor Alan Michael Parker, Alyssa Harad, Amit Majmudar, Andrew Marvell, Atelier Cologne, Basenotes, Bond No.9, Carla Echavarria, Caron, Chad Davidson, Claire Trévien, Cody Walker, Emilia Phillips, James Arthur, James Heeley, Jane Satterfield, Jehanne Dubrow, Jeux de Peau, Jo Malone, Leslie Harrison, Lindsay Lusby, Literary House Press, Matthew Thorburn, Matthew Zapruder, Michel de Montaigne, Narcisse Noir, Penning Perfumes, Perfume, Providence Perfume Co., Rachel Hadas, Rebecca Hazelton, Sarah Vap, Scent, Serge Lutens, Seth Abramson, Shara Lessley, The Rose O’Neill Literary House, Tom Ford, Washington College

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– The Book of Scented Things: 100 Contemporary Poems about Perfume, edited by Jehanne Dubrow and Lindsay