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‘Unrecounted’ by W.G. Sebald and Jan Peter Tripp

Book review: ‘Unrecounted’ by W.G. Sebald & Jan Peter Tripp

Enigmatic Sebaldian poetry.

Published 19-Jul-2023
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry Tags: reviews, sebald
‘A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year’ edited by Jane McMorland Hunter

Book review: ‘A Nature Poem for Every Night of the Year’ edited by Jane McMorland Hunter

A poetry anthology.

Published 28-Dec-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Poetry Tags: reviews
‘The Heeding’ by Rob Cowen & Nick Hayes

Book review: ‘The Heeding’ by Rob Cowen

Astonishingly good poetry collection.

Published 03-Jun-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Poetry Tags: reviews
‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James

Book review: ‘The Fire of Joy’ by Clive James

Roughly eighty poems to get by heart and say aloud.

Published 24-Jan-2021
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry Tags: reviews
‘Somewhere Becoming Rain’ by Clive James

Book review: ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain’ by Clive James

Collected writings on Philip Larkin.

Published 01-Jul-2020
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Poetry Tags: reviews
‘Ness’ by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood

Book review: ‘Ness’ by Robert Macfarlane & Stanley Donwood

A haunting prose-poem (I think).

Published 08-Dec-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Poetry, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, robert macfarlane
‘Selected Poems’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘Selected Poems’ by Kathleen Jamie

A highly enjoyable poetry collection.

Published 15-Jul-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Nature Writing, Poetry Tags: reviews
‘Under the Rock’ by Benjamin Myers

Book review: ‘Under the Rock’ by Benjamin Myers

The poetry of a place.

Published 29-Mar-2019
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Nature Writing, Poetry Tags: ben myers
Philip Larkin Collected Poems

Book review: ‘Philip Larkin: Collected Poems’ edited by Anthony Thwaite

All of Larkin’s poems in one handy volume.

Published 31-Dec-2018
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Poetry Tags: poetry, reviews
‘The Bonniest Companie’ by Kathleen Jamie

Book review: ‘The Bonniest Companie’ by Kathleen Jamie

A wonderful collection of poems.

Published 11-Nov-2015

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