Friday, 30 March 2012

In Memory of Adrienne Rich

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One of the defining presences of post-war poetry in English passed away this week aged 82. The unremitting political urgency and depth of h...
Thursday, 29 March 2012

Meeting Hornby

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                                                                    I met Nick Hornby today at an event at the Ministry of Stories on Hoxto...
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Catches Up as Joy: Tess Gallagher at the South Bank

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                                                         The reading in the Purcell Rooms on Tuesday was a major disappointment in so far ...
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Monday, 19 March 2012

nummi no more

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                                                       One of the Finnish poets included in the anthology I mentioned recently passed away ...
Thursday, 8 March 2012

Shearsman at the Swedenborg

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                                                                               To the fetching venue of Swedenborg Hall the other night, j...
Monday, 27 February 2012

Mming In the Undertow: Burnside Marginated

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As an experiment in downloading books onto my smartphone, I recently tried a sample of John Burnside's Selected Poems but the poem I rec...
Friday, 17 February 2012

A Rare Privilege

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  Just back from a restorative half-term break in Finland visiting friends, where the intense weather made England’s recent cold snap seem ...
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Thursday, 2 February 2012

szymborska obit

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/feb/02/wislawa-szymborska?newsfeed=true

Long Poem Update

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  Pleased to receive Long Poem Magazine 7 in the post this week, a handsome and elegant publication I was proud to find my longish piece ...
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Sunday, 22 January 2012

New Revenue Stream for Struggling Bards

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                                                               I was walking up Hackney Road one lunchtime last week when I was accosted b...