Becky Varley-Winter

CUTS by Rosie Miles

June 16, 2015June 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Cuts, Emma Lee, Happenstance, Rosie Miles

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Rosie Miles’ CUTS are multifaceted and not confined to physical cuts. In the opening poem, “Every

Anthology Pamphlets Poetry

Ten Poems About Aunts ed. by Anne Harvey, & Ten Bedtime Poems (vol. 1), ed. by William Boyd

June 16, 2015June 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anne Harvey, Candlestick Press, Christine Webb, Elizabeth Bishop, Emma Lee, Jamie McKendrick, Langston Hughes, Medbh McGuckian, Philip Larkin, T. S. Eliot, Ten Bedtime Poems, Ten Poems About Aunts, Virginia Graham, W. H. Auden, Wallace Stevens, William Boyd

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Part of Candlestick Press’ Ten Poems… pamphlet series, Ten Poems about Aunts looks to counteract the bad

Collection Poetry

Abiding Chemistry by Susan Castillo Street

June 15, 2015June 27, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Abiding Chemistry, Aldrich Press, JPL, Susan Castillo Street

– Reviewed by JPL – It is clear from Susan Castillo Street’s Abiding Chemistry that Jonathan Edmund Street was, and is,

Anthology Poetry Translation

Ten Poems From Wales, ed. by Gillian Clarke

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Alun Lewis, Anthony Conran, Candlestick Press, Gillian Clarke, Hedd Wyn, Paul Henry, R. S. Thomas, Robert Mchinnick, Samantha Wynne Rhydderch, Simon Zonenblick, Ten Poems from Wales

– Reviewed by Simon Zonenblick – Gillian Clarke’s presentation of Ten Poems From Wales, spanning fourteen centuries, is actually a selection

Pamphlets Poetry

When Love Came To The Cartoon Kid by Siegfried Baber

June 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter David Clarke, Siegfried Baber, Simon Armitage, Telltale Press, When Love Came To The Cartoon Kid

– Reviewed by David Clarke – On the flyleaf of Siegfried Baber’s debut poetry pamphlet, When Love Came to the

Pamphlets Poetry

Winter Windows by Shana Youngdahl

June 11, 2015June 10, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Caroline M. Davies, Miel, Shana Youngdahl, Winter Windows

– Reviewed by Caroline M Davies – Shana Youngdahl’s Winter Windows is a twenty-one page pamphlet containing two linked poems: ‘Winter’ and ‘Windows’. In these

Magazine Poetry Short Stories

Paper and Ink #5: Damn the Man

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Abbie Foxton, David Roskos, Erica Plouffe Lazure, Harriet Creelman, John Dorsey, Joseph Ridgwell, Lance Nizami, Martin Appleby, Megan Pattie, Paper and Ink, Steve Nash

– Reviewed by Steve Nash – Issue 5 of the punk DIY zine Paper and Ink sets its sights on

Pamphlets Poetry

Exodus in X-Minor by Fox Frazier-Foley

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Exodus in X-Minor, Fox Frazier-Foley, Steve Nash, Sundress Publications

– Reviewed by Steve Nash – Fox Frazier-Foley’s Exodus in X-Minor is an elusive, unsettling work that embeds often direct

Collection Poetry

Dark Islands by Tom Chivers

June 9, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Test Centre, Tom Chivers

– Reviewed by Bethany W Pope – Tom Chivers’ Dark Islands is a long sequence of poems taking the reader on a

Online Magazine Poetry Short Stories Translation

Tender #6

June 6, 2015June 6, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Bonny Cassidy, Ellen Addison, Émilie Gleason, Fie Norsker, Flaminia Cavagnaro, Harriet Moore, Holly Pester, James O'Leary, Kate Kilalea, Kathryn Maris, Kimiko Hahn, Marthe Jung, Rachael Allen, Rachel Benson, Rebecca Perry, Sarah Boulton, Sarah Potts, Sophie Collins, tender, Yukiko Motoya

– Reviewed by James O’Leary – Tender is a quarterly journal edited by Rachael Allen and Sophie Collins, seeking work