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Category Archives: Reading
A lost friend, agent hunting, and new collections of short stories
My friend Janet Summerton died on October 1st at the age of 79. I was heavily involved in her care during her last two months, and that of her husband Ken who survives her. Janet was a lateral thinking champion … Continue reading
Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino, and grappling with what’s difficult
When I meet a difficult text, it invariably makes me think of the Genesis story of Jacob and the Angel, or at least its depictions in art. I like Jacob Epstein’s statue Jacob and the Angel (1940) in the Tate, … Continue reading
He who saw the deep
I listen to half a dozen podcasts every week. One of these is from BBC Radio 4 In Our Time, which is hosted by Melvyn Bragg, takes a scholarly subject (from the sciences and arts) every week and discusses it with experts. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Reading
Tagged Andrew George, BBC R4, Frances Reynolds, In our time, Martin Worthington, Melvyn Bragg, The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Jessica Mookherjee’s ‘The Swell’ – hear her with Judy Brown, Siegfried Baber and Michaela Ridgway 19th Oct in Lewes
Gillian Clarke’s remarks on the pamphlet flap for Jessica Mookherjee’s Telltale Press pamphlet The Swell are spot on. Among them she says Jess’s poems are ‘Bold, fiery, truthful, they tell an original story with power’. Other than reading The Swell at a fairly late … Continue reading
Posted in Performance, Publishing, Reading, Telltale Press
Tagged Jess Mookherjee, Judy Brown, Michaela Ridgway, Siegfried Baber, Telltale Press, The Swell
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More on project 154
I received my copy of the Live Canon Project 154 book a day or so ago. All of Shakespeare’s sonnets, with a response by 154 contemporary poets including friends like Robin Houghton, Antony Mair, Sue Rose and many more. As … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Reading
Tagged Abigail Parry, Antony Mair, leoemercer, Mo Jones, Project 154, Robin Houghton, Shakespeare, Sue Rose
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Two short reviews: Tamar Yoseloff and Clare Best
A look at two recent publications. A Formula for Night, New and Selected Poems by Tamar Yoseloff, and Cell by Clare Best with art by Michaela Ridgway. New and Selected Poems: A formula for Night by Tamar Yoseloff from Seren Books. A New and Selected is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Reading, Readings
Tagged A Formula for Night, Cell, Clare Best, Michaela Ridgway, Seren Books, Tamar Yoseloff, The Frogmore Press, Vici MacDonald
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