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Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics ed. by Chrissy Williams & Tom Humberstone

February 9, 2016May 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Amy Key, Anna Saunders, Chrissy Williams, Edward Ross, John Canfield, Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics, Poetry Comics, Rob VonRamm, Russell Jones, Sean Azzopardi, Sidekick Books, Steve Nash, Tom Humberstone, visual art

– Reviewed by Steve Nash – Over the Line: An Introduction to Poetry Comics achieves precisely what it says on

Poetry Translation

Interval: Poems Based on Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” by Alice B. Fogel

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Alice B. Fogel, Bach, Goldberg Variations, Interval: Poems Based on Bach's "Goldberg Variations", Music, Schaffner Press

– Reviewed by Becky Varley–Winter – It’s hard to grasp, least of all by any mental logic, how the mathematical manipulation of

Collection Poetry

Conduit by Sarah Frost

February 7, 2016February 7, 2016 Editor Grahamstown, Kobus Moolman, Kwazulu-Natal, Modjaji Books, Sarah Frost, South Africa

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien– Some poetry collections feel like a series of poems arbitrarily assembled, others leave a sillage in

Collaboration Object Poetry Saboteur Awards

Fool’s World – A Tarot: The Major Arcana by Helen Ivory & Tom de Freston

February 1, 2016May 30, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Collaboration, Ekphrasis, Fool's World – A Tarot, Gatehouse Press, Grant Tarbard, Helen ivory, Tarot, Tom de Freston

– Reviewed by Grant Tarbard – It can be arduous to write in the confines of a 1,000 word review. Sometimes

Pamphlets Poetry

Lapstrake by Wendy Pratt

February 1, 2016January 25, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Flarestack Poets, Lapstrake, Wendy Pratt

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Wendy Pratt’s latest pamphlet, Lapstrake, shares many qualities with the technique which bears its name. In

Anthology Pamphlets Poetry

A Quire of Paper by Maura Dooley & All My Important Nothings ed. by Maura Dooley

January 31, 2016January 28, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter A Quire of Paper, Abigail Parry, All My Important Nothings, Daljit Nagra, Ian Duhig, Imtiaz Dharker, Jackie Kay, Jane Austen, Jonathan Davidson, Katrina Naomi, Maura Dooley, Penny Boxall, Smith Doorstop, The Poetry Busineaa, Writers' houses, Zaffar Kunial

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – These two attractive pamphlets, published by Smith Doorstop, are the fruits of Maura Dooley’s

Pamphlets Poetry

Two Pamphlets: The Fire Station by Sarah Barnsley & Father by Mary Noonan

January 31, 2016April 12, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Drukwerk in de Marge, Father, Mary Noonan, Penny Boxall, Sarah Barnsley, Telltale Press, The Fire Station

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – By chance, I opened Sarah Barnsley’s The Fire Station at its centrefold and central poem,

Essay Poetry

Forgive the Language: Essays on Poets and Poetry by Katy Evans-Bush

January 30, 2016January 28, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Eloise Robinson, Faber, Forgive the Language: Essays on Poets and Poetry, Glyn Maxwell, Jenna Clake, Katy Evans-Bush, Penned in the Margins, Plagiarism, Ted Hughes, Tom Chivers

– Reviewed by Jenna Clake – Katy Evans-Bush’s collection of essays, Forgive the Language, is wide-ranging. Essays generally fall into three categories:

Poetry

Capacious Earth by Lois Grunwald

January 29, 2016January 28, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Capacious Earth, Emma Lee, Finishing Line Press, Lois Grunwald

– Reviewed by Emma Lee – Capacious Earth merges everyday life with the natural world, without nostalgia, and without the sense that

Pamphlets Poetry

True Tales of the Countryside by Deborah Alma

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Deborah Alma, Helen ivory, Sarah Hymas, The Emma Press, True Tales of the Countryside

– Reviewed by Sarah Hymas – True Tales of the Countryside is a pamphlet of self-discovery, and a wry celebration of adult independence.