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Anthology Poetry

Asterism: An anthology of poems inspired by punctuation ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Amy Key, Asterism: An anthology of poems inspired by punctuation, Camellia Stafford, Edward Venning, Hannah Lowe, Harry Mann, Jennifer Edgecombe, Jon Stone, Julia Bird, Laudanum, Philip Terry, punctuation, Simon Barraclough, Tiffany Anne Tondut

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – An Asterism ⁂, as well as being the word for a pattern of stars

Pamphlets Poetry

The Divers by Arabella Currie

February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Arabella Currie, Archilochus, Beth Spark, Deirdre Hines, Homer, Hurst Street Press, The Divers

– Reviewed by Deirdre Hines – There is a symbiosis between Arabella Currie’s The Divers as it is felt in the

Anthology Poetry

Chapbook Anthology Volume 1: Joey Connolly, Philip Terry & Stuart McKenzie ed. by Tiffany Anne Tondut

February 1, 2017February 2, 2017 Karen Goodwin Jennifer Edgecombe, Joey Connolly, Laudanum, Philip Terry, Stuart McKenzie, Tiffany Anne Tondut

– Reviewed by Jennifer Edgecombe – Chapbook anthology: volume one is Laudanum’s second publication, and it binds three chapbooks together, featuring

Pamphlets Poetry

Knots and Branches by Stewart Carswell

January 25, 2017May 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin Stewart Carswell; Eyewear; Jessica Traynor

-Reviewed by Jessica Traynor– Knots and Branches showcases Stewart Carswell’s talent for keen observation of the natural world. The forest

Pamphlets Poetry

Scar by Carrie Etter

January 12, 2017January 15, 2017 Karen Goodwin Carrie Etter, Environmental Poetry, Katy Lewis Hood, Shearsman

-Reviewed by Katy Lewis Hood – The scar in the title of Carrie Etter’s recent pamphlet is a mark ‘in the earth’,

Pamphlets Poetry

You Found a Beating Heart by Nisha Bhakoo

January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 Karen Goodwin Emma Lee, Nisha Bhakoo, Onslaught Press

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Nisha Bhakoo uses dream-like imagery, sometimes from literal dreams, sometimes to blur the distinction between dream

Anthology Poetry Translation

Currently & Emotion ed. by Sophie Collins

December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 Karen Goodwin Angélica Freitas, Anne Carson, Brian Henry, Caroline Bergvall, Catherine Petit & Paul Buck, Chantal Wright, Christian Hawkey, Chus Pato, Colette Thomas, Don Mee Choi, Elfriede Czurda, Eliza Griswold, Eric Suchère, Erín Moure, Georg Trakl, Hilary Kaplan, Holly Pester, J. V. Foix, Jorge Santiago Perednik, Karen Van Dyck, Khairani Barokka, Lawrence Venuti, Linh Dinh, Lisa Robertson, Mien Dang, Molly Weigel, Nguyen Quoc Chanh, Oli Hazzard, Rachael Allen, Rosmarie Waldrop, Sagawa Chika, Sandra Doller, Sawako Nakayasu, Sonja Kravanja, Sophie Collins, Sophie Seita, Tara Bergin, Test Centre, Tomaž Šalamun, Uljana Wolf, Vahni Capildeo, Yōko Tawada, Zoë Skoulding

-Reviewed by Jenna Clake– Translation is a political act: this is the recurring message behind Currently & Emotion. In her

Anthology Poetry

Anthology of the Sea ed. by Eve Lacey

December 9, 2016May 1, 2017 Karen Goodwin evelacey, jameso'leary, poetryanthology, theemmapress

-Reviewed by James O’Leary– The Emma Press Anthology of the Sea has four sections: Ashore, Adrift, Awash, and Avast. This arrangement

Poetry Translation

Beyond the Barbed Wire by Abdellatif Laâbi, translated by André Naffis-Sahely

November 21, 2016February 2, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Abdellatif Laâbi, Abraham T. Zere, André Naffis-Sahely, Carcanet, Moroccan poetry, translation

– Reviewed by Abraham T. Zere* – André Naffis-Sahely’s translation of the Moroccan poet Abdellatif Laâbi’s selected poems, Beyond the

Collaboration Pamphlets Poetry

To Have To Follow by Julie Maclean & Terry Quinn

November 21, 2016November 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Charlie Baylis, Collaboration, Indigo Dreams, Julie Maclean, Terry Quinn

– Reviewed by Charlie Baylis – To Have To Follow, a pamphlet of twenty four poems, is the result of a