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Bruno Cooke

Bad Betties written in black curly script on a white background there are some footprints and nude female silhouettes a candle and a broomstick.

Do girls not have fangs?

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews The Book of Bad Betties (Bad Betty Press, 2021) edited by Vanessa Kisuule and Anja Konig

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The word C+nto in white text on a gold background, underneath is the text "& othered poems" in black. Both fonts are serif.

Her fear is a dress she can no longer fit into

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews C+nto: & Othered Poems by Joelle Taylor (Saqi Books, 2021)

Continue readingHer fear is a dress she can no longer fit into
Slug by Hollie McNish, orange text on a purple background

Slug snog

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews Slug by Hollie McNish (Little, Brown, 2021)

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photo of Kae Tempest, short hair, black polo shirt

‘I did my one little verse and the place just went nuts’

Profile: Bruno Cooke traces the development of Kae Tempest

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Close up of the two book covers, the Hit Points Anthologies, one red one green

I don’t think Death has used a PlayStation before

Book Review: Bruno Cooke reviews Hit Points — an anthology of video game poetry, edited by Aaron Kent and Matthew Haigh (Broken Sleep Books, 2021)

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family photo of six people plus cat from the 1918 flu pandemic

By golly, I’ve got it

Essay: Bruno Cooke explores how the poetry of the 1918 Spanish flu compares with the poetry of the present Covid-19 pandemic

Continue readingBy golly, I’ve got it
photo of Joelle Taylor with very short blonde hair in a flowery shirt speaking into a mic

You who found your dream but could not spell it

Profile: Bruno Cooke meets Spoken Word poet Joelle Taylor and discusses activism, education and the power of poetry

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