Emma Wright – Sabotage

Verve Poetry Festival, 16-19th February 2017

March 25, 2017 Editor Amerah Saleh, Anna Freeman, Anthony Anaxagorou, Bernhard Christianssen, Bethany Slinn, Bohdan Piasecki, Charley Genever, Clive Birnie, Cynthia Miller, Daljit Nagra, Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger, Emma Wright, Fran Lock, Hannah Silva, Helen Mort, Hibaq Osman, Isobel Dixon, Jane Commane, Jess Green, Jonathan Davidson, Kareem Parkins-Brown, Katrina Naomi, Kim Moore, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Nina Lewis, Raymond Antrobus, Richard O'Brien, Roz Goddard, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Howe, Skye Hawkins, Spoken Word, Stuart Bartholomew, Susannah Dickie, Toby Campion, Vanessa Kisuule, Verve Poetry Festival, Waterstones

-Reviewed by Nina Lewis– I love poetry festivals, this new one promised a marked difference. One of the leading principles of

Anthology Poetry

Urban Myths and Legends: Poems About Transformations ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

March 5, 2017May 1, 2017 Becky Varley-Winter Bethany W. Pope, Emma Wright, Joe Lines, Metamorphoses, Ovid, Rachel Piercey, Richard O'Brien, The Emma Press, Urban Myths and Legends: Poems About Transformations

– Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope – Urban Myths and Legends is an ambitious, fascinating, largely successful reworking of Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Age edited by Sarah Hesketh

August 7, 2016August 9, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Aileen Ballantyne, Amy McAuley, angela topping, Anja Konig, Bridget Mackenzie, Doreen Ní Ghríofa, Emma Wright, Emma-Jane Hughes, Hilaire, Hugh Dunkerley, Isobel Dixon, Jane Burn, Jed Myers, Julia Bird, Lynn Hoffman, Oliver Comins, Robert Hamberger, Sarah Hesketh, Susan Taylor, The Emma Press, The Emma Press Anthology of Age

– Reviewed by Angela Topping – The Emma Press Anthology of Age is not so much about the problems of being

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MAKE IT GNEW: Malkin by Camille Ralphs

May 12, 2016May 30, 2016 Editor Camille Ralphs, Dominic Hale, Emma Wright, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Dominic Hale– Malkin is Camille Ralphs’ astonishing and idiosyncratic debut pamphlet. Beautifully illustrated by publisher Emma Wright (The Emma

Anthology Poetry

Slow Things ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

August 28, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Alexandra Davis, Cameron Brady-Turner, Charlotte Buckley, Di Slaney, Emma Wright, Isobel Dixon, Juana Adcock, Penny Boxall, Rachel Piercey, Rob Walton, Sara Nesbitt Gibbons, Slow Things, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Penny Boxall – Even on opening the postal package, I was certain I was going to like Slow

Anthology Poetry

The Emma Press Anthology of Dance edited by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

June 25, 2015June 24, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anna Kisby, Catherine Smith, Emma Jeremy, Emma Wright, Francine Elena, George David Clark, Geraldine Clarkson, Hilary Gilmore, James Coghill, Jessica Traynor, Pam Thompson, Rachel Piercey, Sophie F Baker, The Emma Press, The Emma Press Anthology of Dance

– Reviewed by Jessica Traynor – Poetry anthologies can sometimes seem like publications without a market. Some poetry readers take a slightly

Anthology Poetry

Campaign In Poetry ed. by Rachel Piercey & Emma Wright

May 7, 2015May 14, 2015 Becky Varley-Winter Anna Kisby, Campaign In Poetry, Clare Pollard, Ellie Danak, Emma Wright, Ewan Stevenson, Holly Hopkins, James Trevelyan, Luke Kennard, Mona Arshi, Rachel Long, Rachel Piercey, Rosie Miles, Sohini Basak, Stephanie Arsoska, The Emma Press

– Reviewed by Sohini Basak – Strikingly, the poems in Campaign in Poetry are as much about contesting lack of concern about democracy as

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The Emma Press Anthology of Motherhood and The Emma Press Anthology of Fatherhood

November 3, 2014October 31, 2014 Editor Alan Buckley, angela topping, Carole Bromley, Carolyn Jess Cooke, Clare Pollard, Deborah Alma, Emma Wright, Hilary Gilmore, Hugh Dunkerley, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Jacqueline Saphra, Kathryn Simmonds, Liz Berry, Martin Malone, May Swenson, Oliver Comins, Rachel Piercey, Sarah Hirsch, Stephanie Arsoska, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Angela Topping– Parenthood has been an enduring subject throughout the history of poetry. It is good to see

Pamphlets Poetry

The Dead Snail Diaries by Jamie McGarry

October 29, 2014October 31, 2014 Editor Emma Wright, Gervase Phinn, Jamie McGarry, John Betjeman, T. S. Eliot, Ted Hughes, The Emma Press

-Reviewed by Bethany W. Pope– The Dead Snail Diaries, ostensibly co-written by Jamie McGarry and Snail, is a sweet,

Anthology Poetry

Homesickness and Exile ed. by Rachel Piercey and Emma Wright

October 28, 2014October 25, 2014 Editor Alex Bell, Anja Konig, Carole Bromley, Charlotte Higgins, Cheryl Moskowitz, Elizabeth Horne, Emma Wright, Eve Lacey, Holly Hopkins, Ivy Alvarez, James Coghill, John McCullough, Mary Buchinger, Rachel Long, Rachel Piercey, Selina Nwulu, Steve Nash, The Emma Press, Zeina Hashem Beck

-Reviewed by Steve Nash– Homesickness and Exile, the latest anthology from The Emma Press, takes Ovid’s exile to Tomis on