salt modern voices – Sabotage

The Ophelia Letters by Rebecca Tamás and The Burning by Anna Selby

November 15, 2013November 14, 2013 Editor Anna Selby, Ophelia, Paul McMenemy, Rebecca Tamás, salt modern voices, salt publishing, Shakespeare, Werner Herzog

-Reviewed by Paul McMenemy– The first poem in any collection has a lot of work to do, introducing themes,

‘Swarming’ by Edward Mackay

April 29, 2013 Editor Bob Dylan, Czesław Miłosz, Edward Mackay, Edward Thomas, Elijah, Hart Crane, Helen Thomas, Jesus and Mary Chain, Mahakala, Michael Chrisman, Philip Larkin, Richard Watt, salt modern voices, salt publishing, Swarming

-Reviewed by Richard Watt– Swarming by Edward Mackay is in esteemed company. His 19 poems sit in the Salt Modern

‘Then Spree’ by Nia Davies

April 15, 2013 Editor Dai George, Donald Gardner, Gerald Manley Hopkins, Nia Davies, salt modern voices, salt publishing

-Reviewed by Donald Gardner– Much of Then Spree, Nia Davies’s first pamphlet of poems, reads like a focussed, if somewhat

Pamphlets Short Stories

‘Braking Distance’ by Calum Kerr

August 11, 2012 Editor Calum Kerr, Claire Trévien, Edward Chell, Erbacce Press, In the Company of Ghosts, Romeo and Juliet, salt modern voices, salt publishing

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Of late, motorways appear to be enjoying some sort of a renaissance among creative writers. Erbacce

‘Fleck and the Bank’ by Rob A. Mackenzie

July 12, 2012 Editor Harry Giles, Rob A. Mackenzie, salt modern voices, salt publishing

-Reviewed by Harry Giles– Rob A. Mackenzie’s wee book, from the Salt Modern Voices series, is a tight,

Seasonal/End of year

Poetry Pamphlets: A 2011 Top Ten

December 12, 2011 Editor 2011 poetry, amy de'ath, Angus Sinclair, Claire Trévien, Corrupt Press, Deborah Tyler-Bennett, Donut Press, Emily Hasler, Gatehouse Press, Happenstance Press, James McGonical, Jon Mitchell, JT Welsch, Kirsten Irving, Luke Kennard, Mariscat Press, Mark Burnhope, Megan Fernandes, Nine Arches, poetry, poetry pamphlets, Printed Matter Press, Rack Press, Roisin Tierney, salt modern voices, Sarah Dawson, Tim Cockburn, top ten, Wayne Holloway-Smith

-Assembled by Claire Trevien– Pamphlets make the perfect Christmas present or stocking filler. For one, they’re usually gorgeously produced objects,

‘Natural Histories’ by Emily Hasler

October 31, 2011 Editor Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Whalley, Days of Roses, Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition, Emily Hasler, Kent, Michelle McGrane, natural histories, OED, salt modern voices

-Reviewed by Charles Whalley– Emily Hasler’s Natural Histories is ‘No. 9’ in the rather special Salt Modern Voices pamphlet series.

Lee Smith and Claire Trevien interview JT Welsch (Salt Modern Voices Tour)

August 3, 2011 Editor Caravaggio, Cary Grant, Claire Trévien, Edward Albee, Hart Crane, holdfire press, James Dean, James Joyce, James Merrill, JT Welsch, Lee Smith, Magritte, Marianne Moore, Monet, Nabokov, Orchids, Paul Simon, Rodgers and Hammerstein, salt modern voices, salt modern voices tour, salt publishing, Samuel Beckett, TS Eliot, Virginia Woolf, W. C. Williams, Wallace Stevens

Salt Modern Voices are a series of poetry and fiction pamphlets published by Salt Publishing. This Autumn, several of its

‘I Sing of Bricks’ by Angela Topping & ‘Erec & Enide’ by Amy De’ath

April 27, 2011 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Alexandre Astruc, amy de'ath, Andrew Duncan, angela topping, Chrétien De Troyes, Matt Simpson, salt modern voices, salt publishing

-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– These two poets inhabit entirely different worlds, not just because they come from different generations, but in