And blue things
Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss With My Back to the World by Victoria Chang (Corsair, 2024)
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Stuffed Monkey and Other Considerations
Helena Nelson reviews After the Rites and Sandwiches by Kathy Pimlott (Emma Press, 2024)
Five Forward poems under the microscope
Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss the five poems shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem (Written)
The strong verbs
Helena Nelson reviews Camera Obscura by Philip Rush (Garlic Press, 2023)
Nothing left to carve but the eye
Helena Nelson reviews Exposure by Eric Yip (Ignition Press, 2024)
Let poems be the windows, not the views
Helena Nelson reviews Divisible by Itself and One by Kae Tempest (Picador, 2023)
Everything so insistently next to everything else
Helena Nelson mind-maps Absence by Ali Lewis (Cheerio, 2024)
Are Poetry Reviews Pointless?
Helena Nelson plays with Shapeshifting for Beginners by Emma Simon (Salt, 2023)
‘What is the language using us for?’
Helena Nelson reviews Isdal by Susannah Dickey (Picador, 2023)
A simple tree rooted in a quiet dream
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of Tree Poetry
What are poets really after?
Helena Nelson considers the pros and cons of the ‘after’ epigraph, poetry’s exclusive codes, and the necessary art of bluffing
Meanwhile in Camelot
Helena Nelson reviews The Big Calls by Glyn Maxwell (Live Canon, 2023)