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Helena Nelson

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Hanging onto Tam Lin in The Arctic

Helena Nelson reviews The Arctic by Don Paterson (Faber, 2022)

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Uncharted territory

Helena Nelson reviews Imperium by Jay Gao (Carcanet, 2022)

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The Competition Poem

Is there such a thing as the competition poem? And, if there is, how do you write it? The Frip talks to Ian Duhig, Helena Nelson and Christopher James to find out

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Poetry editors have a love/hate relationship with poetry

In Conversation: The Friday Poem talks to Helena Nelson about the future of poetry publishing, the cult of personality and where to find good poetry today

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