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This collection is a debut â it is also an ending. The poet Gboyega Odubanjo died tragically almost a year ago and the final edit of this extraordinary and arresting book has... Read more »
It was the backdrop to a literary world of the lost Levant. Away from the sea, on a narrow street in the old Greek quarter of Alexandria, 10 Rue Lepsius was the... Read more »
Highland Daunder Kestrel in ma chest: wheesht yersel —you belang here, amang th gorse n heather. Lat thaim ramble their een ower you —yer broun body stravaigin th glen isnae an unnatural... Read more »
Strip LightNo more loving in the dark,that inky aquariumwhere we could be anything.Though we unplug the lamps.Though we blindfold each otherwith scented masks.Still, our eyelids glow like neon lips.Still, our breath particlesfall... Read more »
The Night Hunt In the morning, in the dark,When the stars began to blunt,By the wall of Barna ParkDogs I heard and saw them hunt All the parish dogs were there,All the... Read more »
Poetry Foundation offers aid to SPD presses as the search for new homes continues Apr 26 2024 With little hope that the leadership of Small Press Distribution will emerge to help sort... Read more »
A Year of Last Things by Michael Ondaatje (Cape, £14.99)After a break of nearly 20 years, Ondaatje has returned to poetry, ruminating on sliding doors moments in life, “as those torn lines... Read more »
The concept of “genius loci” – the spirit of a place, often with a connotation of protection or nurturing – is the foundation of Esther Rutter’s revivifying blend of memoir, literary history... Read more »