Sam Riviere – Sabotage

Pamphlets Poetry

george clooney will always be handsome: towards a phenomenology of george clooney by Mike Saunders

April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Anne Boyer, Colin Herd, David Antin, essay poem, George Clooney, George Clooney will always be handsome, handsomeness, If A Leaf Falls Press, Mike Saunders, phenomenology, Sam Riviere

– Reviewed by Colin Herd – In which way, and by which light, does he glow george clooney will always

Pamphlets Poetry

Those People by Paul Stephenson

August 6, 2015September 14, 2016 Becky Varley-Winter Anthony Costello, Ben Wilkinson, Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, Ed Reiss, Jack Underwood, Paul Stephenson, Sam Riviere, Simon Armitage, The Poetry Business, Those People

– Reviewed by Anthony Costello – Those People recently won the Poetry Business Competition, one of the premier pamphlet competitions in the

All of the Above Seasonal/End of year

Poetry Round-Up 2014

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Editor Alex Josephy, Alice Allen, Amy Ekins, Andrew Walton, angela topping, Annexe, Antoine Wauters, Billy Mills, Box[Ed.], Burning Eye Books, C.A. LaRue, Cecilia Bennett, Charles Whalley, Claire Trévien, Cliff Hammett, Daniel Hales, David Attwooll, David Clarke, Declan Ryan, Denise Saul, Dorothy Lehane, Eley Williams, Fawzia Kane, Flarestack Poets, FlightFeather Press, For Books' Sake, Forks and Spoons Press, Frances Justine Post, George Szirtes, Germ, Hamish Whyte, Happenstance Press, Harry Burke, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Hercules Editions, Holly Corfield Carr, Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi, Ira Lightman, James Mcloughlin, Janet Stott, Jean-Baptiste Cabaud, Jehanne Dubrow, John Clegg, John McGhee, Jon Stone, Keiran Goddard, Kevin Reid, Kirsten Irving, Leah Umansky, Lily Blacksell, Lindsay Lusby, Literal Fish, Maria Taylor, Maria Walker, Matthew Walton, Miel, Milou Stella, Morgane Rémy, Nasty Little Press, Noni Benegas, Oystercatcher Press, Oz Hardwick, Paige Taggart, Penny Boxall, Peter Riley, Pighog Press, Poetry Salzburg, Rachael Allen, Rebecca Tamás, Richie McCaffery, Rishi Dastidar, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards, Sam Riviere, Sarah Hymas, SJ Fowler, Steve Nash, Sue Rose, Tall Lighthouse, Tapsalteerie, Telltale Press, Thamesis, The Bastille, The Emma Press, The Knives, Tom de Freston, Tom Watts, Victoria Bean, Vsevolod Nekrasov, W.N. Herbert, Yu Xiang

-by Claire Trévien- It’s been a busy year for published poetry over at Sabotage Reviews, we’ve reviewed in the last

Collaboration Play of Voices Spoken Word

Yes But Are We Enemies – English and Irish Poets Having Words – 23/09/14

September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Ailbhe Darcy, Billy Ramsell, Cal Doyle, Christodoulos Makris, Cork, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Eleanor Hooker, Patrick Coyle, Paul Casey, Rachel Warriner, Rich Mix, Rosie O’Regan, Sam Riviere, Sarah Hayden, Sarah Hesketh, SJ Fowler, Triskel

Yes, but are we enemies, 23/09/2014 @ Triskel, Cork -Reviewed by Rosie O’Regan– Yes, but are we enemies is the intriguing

Anthology Poetry

I LOVE ROSES WHEN THEY’RE PAST THEIR BEST ed. by Harry Burke

May 27, 2014 Editor Bunny Rogers, Charles Whalley, Crispin Best, Gabby Bess, Harry Burke, Jacob Steinberg, Jayinee Basu, Luna Miguel, Poetry Foundation, post-internet, Rachael Allen, Rosie Breese, Sam Riviere, Sophie Collins, Tao Lin, Test Centre, Timothy Thornton

-Reviewed by Rosie Breese– This bold and beautiful anthology from Test Centre is refreshing in every possible way. For one

Anthology Collaboration Collection Conversation

Enemies: The Selected Collaborations of SJ Fowler

January 4, 2014January 4, 2014 Editor Alexander Kell, Arts Council, British Museum, Chris McCabe, Claire Potter, Dave Berridge, David Clarke, Jerwood Foundation, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Mikhail Bakhtin, Nathan Hamilton, Penned in the Margins, Roddy Lumsden, Roland Barthes, Sam Riviere, Sian Williams, SJ Fowler, Tom Jenks, Wim Wenders

-Reviewed by David Clarke– The Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin once argued that the distinguishing feature of the novel was

Poetry Seasonal/End of year

The Sabotage Reviews top 10 of (published) poetry this year

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Agnes Marton, Alana Tomlin, Alex Campbell, Ananya S Guha, angela topping, Anna Selby, Billy Mills, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Chris McCabe, Chris Pusateri, Chrissy Williams, David Clarke, dean, Diane Marie, Emma Wright, Freke Räihä, Harry Giles, Hayden Westfield-Bell, Helen ivory, Isobel Dixon, James Bunting, Jennifer Edgecombe, Kate Birch, Laura Seymour, Linda Black, Lindsey Holland, Mark Burnhope, Mark Goodwin, Paul McMenemy, Rachel Piercey, Rebecca Tamás, Rosie Breese, Sam Riviere, Sarah Crewe, Sarah Hymas, Simon Barraclough, Sophie Mayer, Stephen Emmerson, The Emma Press

-Compiled by Claire Trévien– Tis the seasons for lists and we don’t like feeling left out. So, as is our

Collection Poetry

Softcore/Cloudstep by Sian S. Rathore

December 11, 2013December 11, 2013 Editor 79 Rat Press, Alt Lit, Beowulf, Billy Mills, Charles Whalley, Hugh Kenner, Internet poetry, Lady Gaga, Louis Zukofsky, Philip Larkin, Sam Riviere, Sian S. Rathore

-Reviewed by Billy Mills– ‘Anything you can write is already somehow immanent in the language, a baffling fact that has

All of the Above Collection Poetry

Kim Kardashian’s Marriage by Sam Riviere

November 26, 2013May 17, 2015 Editor Charles Whalley, Crispin Best, Diane Marie, Faber, flarf, George Clooney, J.G. Ballard, Kim Kardashian's Mariage, Kris Humphries, Marianne Moore, Sam Riviere, Shaun Gannon, Sian S. Rathore, Steve Roggenbuck

-Reviewed by Charles Whalley– “I’m a poet and I feel that the internet — comprised completely of text-based alphanumeric language

An interview with Alex MacDonald, curator of Selected Poems

August 5, 2011 Editor Alex MacDonald, Anon, Arts Council, Betsy Trotwood, Claire Askew, Claire Trévien, Clinic, David Harsent, Days of Roses, Emily Berry, Five Dials, Frank O'Hara, Highgate Oxfam Book Store, Ian Hamilton, Jo Shapcott, Jonathan Faires, Night & Day, Paul Celan, poetry magazine, Poetry Review, Roddy Lumsden, Sam Riviere, selected poems, Starry Nights, The London Review of Books, The Rialto, The White Review, TS Eliot, V&A Reading Rooms

-Interviewed by Claire Trevien– Alex MacDonald is the organizer of Selected Poems, a monthly poetry night at the V&A where