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Alan Buckley

is the author of two pamphlets, Shiver and The Long Haul, and his first collection Touched (HappenStance Press) was published in 2020. His work has been highly commended in the Forward and Bridport prizes. He was a founding editor of ignitionpress, and for many years was a school writer-in-residence with First Story. He lives in Oxford, where he works as a psychotherapist.

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    O linger Sapphos of the lash-line!

    Alan Buckley reviews PLUS ULTRA by Sarah Fletcher (CHEERIO, 2023)
    Pieces of text in red and gold on a dark blue book cover.

    Waves of lavender shadow growing darker in their blueness

    Alan Buckley reviews Up Late by Nick Laird (Faber, 2023)
    What does Alan Buckley say?

    What does Alan Buckley say?

    My journey into writing poetry as an adult wasn’t straightforward. I’d written a lot as a child, albeit mainly stories ...
    Close up of text on Elizabeth Bishop's gravestone. Under her name It says "All the untidy activity continues, awful but cheerful"

    All Quite Thoroughly Dirty (Part Two)

    Alan Buckley continues his close reading of ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part Two)
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    All Quite Thoroughly Dirty

    Alan Buckley looks at ‘Filling Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop (Part One)
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    We can never be passengers any more

    Alan Buckley gives us his close reading of the poem 'The Walkers' by John Glenday
    Black and white image of young people at an anti Nazi rally, they are carrying banners with "stop the nazis" and "stop racist attacks"

    That red light in the darkness

    Book Review: Alan Buckley reviews The Kids by Hannah Lowe (Bloodaxe, 2021)
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    03/03/2023

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