Rachel Piercey – Sabotage

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

Slow Things ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

August 28, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Alexandra Davis, Cameron Brady-Turner, Charlotte Buckley, Di Slaney, Emma Wright, Isobel Dixon, Juana Adcock, Penny Boxall, Rachel Piercey, Rob Walton, Sara Nesbitt Gibbons, Slow Things, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – Even on opening the postal package, I was certain I was going to like Slow

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Dance edited by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

June 25, 2015June 24, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anna Kisby, Catherine Smith, Emma Jeremy, Emma Wright, Francine Elena, George David Clark, Geraldine Clarkson, Hilary Gilmore, James Coghill, Jessica Traynor, Pam Thompson, Rachel Piercey, Sophie F Baker, The Emma Press, The Emma Press Anthology of Dance

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Poetry anthologies can sometimes seem like publications without a market. Some poetry readers take a slightly

Anthology Poetry

Campaign In Poetry ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

May 7, 2015May 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anna Kisby, Campaign In Poetry, Clare Pollard, Ellie Danak, Emma Wright, Ewan Stevenson, Holly Hopkins, James Trevelyan, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Rachel Long, Rachel Piercey, Rosie Miles, Sohini Basak, Stephanie Arsoska, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Sohini Basak – Strikingly, the poems in Campaign in Poetry are as much about contesting lack of concern about democracy as

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

Pamphlets Poetry

Rivers Wanted by Rachel Piercey

November 29, 2014 Editor Adam Bridgland, Eva Ibbotson, Jennifer Wong, Rachel Piercey, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Jennifer Wong– It is hard not to fall in love with Rachel Piercey’s latest pamphlet, Rivers Wanted, with

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Motherhood and The Emma Press Anthology of Fatherhood

November 3, 2014October 31, 2014 Editor Alan Buckley, angela topping, Carole Bromley, Carolyn Jess Cooke, Clare Pollard, Deborah Alma, Emma Wright, Hilary Gilmore, Hugh Dunkerley, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Jacqueline Saphra, Kathryn Simmonds, Liz Berry, Martin Malone, May Swenson, Oliver Comins, Rachel Piercey, Sarah Hirsch, Stephanie Arsoska, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– Parenthood has been an enduring subject throughout the history of poetry. It is good to see

Anthology Poetry

Homesickness and Exile ed. by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright

October 28, 2014October 25, 2014 Editor Alex Bell, Anja Konig, Carole Bromley, Charlotte Higgins, Cheryl Moskowitz, Elizabeth Horne, Emma Wright, Eve Lacey, Holly Hopkins, Ivy Alvarez, James Coghill, John McCullough, Mary Buchinger, Rachel Long, Rachel Piercey, Selina Nwulu, Steve Nash, The Emma Press, Zeina Hashem Beck

-Reviewed by Steve Nash– Homesickness and Exile, the latest anthology from The Emma Press, takes Ovid’s exile to Tomis on

In Conversation with Emma Wright

February 14, 2014February 10, 2014 Editor Catullus, Emma Wright, Frank O'Hara, Jacqueline Saphra, Jonathan Aldridge, Kate Bush, Orion, Ovid, Rachel Piercey, Richard O'Brien, The Emma Press

-With Jonathan Aldridge– Emma Wright founded the Emma Press, an independent small publisher, in 2012. The press’ titles include The

Poetry Seasonal/End of year

The Sabotage Reviews top 10 of (published) poetry this year

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Alana Tomlin, Alex Campbell, Ananya S Guha, angela topping, Anna Selby, Billy Mills, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Chris Pusateri, Chrissy Williams, David Clarke, dean, Diane Marie, Emma Wright, Freke Räihä, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Helen ivory, Isobel Dixon, James Bunting, Jennifer Edgecombe, Kate Birch, Laura Seymour, Linda Black, Lindsey Holland, Mark Burnhope, Mark Goodwin, Paul McMenemy, Rachel Piercey, Rebecca Tamás, Rosie Breese, Sam Riviere, Sarah Crewe, Sarah Hymas, Simon Barraclough, Sophie Mayer, Stephen Emmerson, The Emma Press

-Compiled by Claire Trévien– Tis the seasons for lists and we don’t like feeling left out. So, as is our