Rapture by Roisin Kelly
-Reviewed by Humphrey Astley- There’s no getting around it: ‘rapture’ is a loaded word, drawing a direct line back to
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Bare George by Claire Crowther
– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – When approaching this pamphlet by West Country poet Claire Crowther, try not to be
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Loneliness Is the Machine that Drives the World by Grant Tarbard
– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – As this short collection’s title – Loneliness Is the Machine that Drives the World – suggests,
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Cain by Luke Kennard
– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – Luke Kennard’s Cain ought to establish him as the Stewart Lee of poetry: he’s an arch-ironist
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Serious Justice by Jen Calleja
– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – I first encountered the poetry of Jen Calleja in an issue of Ambit magazine: I
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Catching Light by Helen Boyles
– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – Catching Light, the debut pamphlet by Devon poet Helen Boyles, is unlikely to excite
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The Golden Rule by Ernest Noyes Brookings
– Reviewed by Humphrey Astley – Everyone likes a good backstory, especially if it informs or enriches one’s understanding of
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-We interrupt the usual broadcast with Claire Trévien– We were delighted to find out today that Sabotage Reviews was nominated
Read more‘Reasons not to live there’ by Humphrey Astley
-Reviewed by Afric McGlinchey– This small, self-published pamphlet opens with ‘Homework’, a stream of consciousness that flows, like Joyce’s Molly Bloom
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