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Chris Edgoose

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Call it Love

Chris Edgoose reviews Bioluminescent Baby by Fiona Benson (Guillemot Press, 2021)

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Two Poetries: Spender, Poetry and Ideology

Essay: Chris Edgoose considers Stephen Spender, revolutionary poetry and the need for trust between writers and readers of poetry

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Traces

Book Review: Chris Edgoose reviews The Dereliction by Liz Berry and Tom Hicks (Hercules Editions, 2021)

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Palimpsest

Feature: In the second of our series on over-used words in poetry, Chris Edgoose takes on 'palimpsest'

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