A tinderbox to light all the world’s wanting
Rachael Matthews reviews The Home Child by Liz Berry (Chatto & Windus, 2023)
Rachael Matthews
What does Rachael Matthews say?
If you widen the definition of poetry to include what’s thinkable and worded but unspoken, I’ve always made poems ...
Finishing mummy’s pictures
Rachael Matthews reviews The Illustrated Woman by Helen Mort (Chatto & Windus, 2022)
Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Rachael Matthews choses poems by Jennifer L Knox, Adrienne Rich, and Kathleen Jamie for her desert island stay
Three pamphlets: Erica Gillingham, Stephen Payne and Khadija Rouf
Rachael Matthews reviews The Human Body is a Hive by Erica Gillingham, Richie McCaffery reviews The Wax Argument by Steven Payne, and Bruno Cooke reviews House Work by Khadija Rouf