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Hilary Menos

Chestnut ribbon of speed

Hilary Menos reviews The Luck by Jane Routh (Smith|Doorstop, 2024)

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And blue things

Helena Nelson and Hilary Menos discuss With My Back to the World by Victoria Chang (Corsair, 2024)

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Photos of Nell and Hilary. Both looking studious.

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)

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Woodcut showing a woman holding a baby.

Oh tears and blood

Hilary Menos reviews The Snow Globe by Jenny Pagdin (Nine Arches, 2024)

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Curved off-white lines in a slightly art deco style, or maybe resembling pipes in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory surround the word Contra-flow in a block capital decorative font. All of this is on a dark brown background.

The little Englands of my grief

Hilary Menos reviews Contraflow: Lines of Englishness 1922–2022, selected by John Greening & Kevin Gardner (Renard, 2023)

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Part of the words "Many Professional Wrestlers Never Retire" in white italic script font on a purple background.

The Heavyweight Champion of the World

Hilary Menos reviews Many Professional Wrestlers Never Retire by Dane Holt (The Lifeboat, 2023)

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Hares cunningly disguised as squiggles. On a grey background.

The story of herself

Hilary Menos reviews nine by David Harsent (Guillemot Press, 2023)

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Ink line drawing on crumpled cartridge paper. A round face looks almost like a tribal mask with an open mouth and a block bad around and across the eyes (though we can still see the eyes). The nose is a triangle.

No one wears Brooches anymore

Hilary Menos reviews Savage Tales by Tara Bergin (Carcanet, 2022

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A close up black and white picture of a fallen wine glass, and dark liquid is splashing out.

Blown like glass into brittle intricacies

Hilary Menos reviews Slide by Mark Pajak (Cape, 2022)

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We see the back of a young girl standing on the stage at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She is wearing a denim jacket and her arms are outstretched.

Choose a poem, learn it by heart, share it out loud

Julie Blake, co-founder of Poetry By Heart, talks about the benefits of learning poetry, the joys of performance, and the Poetry By Heart national poetry speaking competition

Photos by Sam Strickland

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A photograph of Phillip Gross. He is looking quizzical and has grey hair and a beard.

The difficult visiting times

Philip Gross discusses writing poetry about his family in The Wasting Game and Deep Field, the importance of self-knowledge, and what makes a 'good' poem

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Portion of a book cover. It has a dark red background with parts of the words The and Red shown.

Schist and quartz and sparks of mica

Hilary Menos reviews The Red House by Sharon Black (Drunk Muse Press, 2022)

Continue readingSchist and quartz and sparks of mica
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