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Pamphlets Poetry

Stone Bride Madrigals by Nicolette Wong, Review #28

December 28, 2015January 1, 2016 Editor #pamphletparty, Corrupt Press, Nicolette Wong

-Reviewed by Claire Trévien- Nicolette Wong has one of the best biographies out there, she is ‘a dancer, magician and

‘Standard Form for Language Resentment’ by Freke Räihä

February 4, 2013 Editor Corrupt Press, Freke Räihä, Rosie Breese

-Reviewed by Rosie Breese– It’s an odd feeling to be writing a review in the knowledge that it may be

‘limite désir’ by Meghan McNealy

January 9, 2013 Editor Corrupt Press, Éireann Lorsung, Meghan McNealy, Roland Barthes

-Reviewed by Éireann Lorsung– Roland Barthes, in The Pleasure of the Text (my version is the 1975 Miller translation), writes that

Seasonal/End of year

Published Poetry 2012: a Top 10

December 10, 2012 Editor Adelle Stripe, Agenda Poetry, Amy Key, angela topping, Antiphon, Azita Ghahreman, Caroline Crew, Cat Conway, Charles Whalley, Chris Emslie, Claire Trévien, Colette Sensier, Corrupt Press, Dan Flore III, Dan Wyke, Dancing Girl Press, Denise Saul, Éireann Lorsung, evelyn posamentier, Fuselit Contraption, Harry Giles, Ian Chung, ILK, John McGhee, Judi Sutherland, Julie Mellor, Kayo Chingonyi, Kim Moore, Lost Horse Press, Mark Burnhope, Martha Sprackland, Martina Evans, Megan Fernandes, Michèle Roberts, Nine Arches Press, Poems in Which, Poetry Translation Centre, Rack Press, Rob A. Mackenzie, Robert Peake, Rosie Shepperd, salt publishing, Sarah Crewe, Smith/Doorstop, Sophie Mayer, Suzannah Evans, The Knives Forks and Spoons Press, Tony Williams, Víctor Terán

-Listed by Claire Trévien– As the end of the year approaches, it is customary to attempt round-ups of sorts. Last

‘turn push | turn pull’ by Kit Fryatt

October 8, 2012 Editor Corrupt Press, Dylan Harris, Kit Fryatt, poetry, Suzannah Evans

-Reviewed by Suzannah Evans– Corrupt Press is a Paris-based press run by Dylan Harris, who is particularly interested in publishing

‘Peneloping’ by Amy Hollowell

September 17, 2012 Editor Amy Hollowell, Corrupt Press, Dylan Harris, Suzannah Evans

-Reviewed by Suzannah Evans– Amy Hollowell‘s Peneloping is published by Corrupt Press, a small press based in Paris. For the

‘Weakdays’ by R L Raymond, and ‘At The End Of The Street’ by Jay Passer

September 15, 2012 Editor Andrew Bailey, Corrupt Press, Jay Passer, RL Raymond

-Reviewed by Andrew Bailey– corrupt press, the determinedly lower case publisher behind these pamphlets, declares that it exists because the

‘Garden (dec unit)’ by Monty Reid and ‘Ships Made of Fake Fur’ by James Jewell

September 10, 2012 Editor Corrupt Press, James Jewell, Monty Reid, Seán Hewitt

-Reviewed by Seán Hewitt– In Monty Reid’s Garden (dec unit) and James Jewell’s Ships Made of Fake Fur, Corrupt Press offer us

‘TWEET TWEET TWEET’ by Greg Santos

June 20, 2012October 31, 2013 Editor Canada, Christopher Crawford, Corrupt Press, Greg Santos, Laurence Ferlinghetti, Paris, Philip Whalen, William Carlos Williams

-Reviewed by Christopher Crawford– Greg Santos’ Corrupt Press chapbook is named TWEET TWEET TWEET. The clue is in the title

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,