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Part of the text "Collecting the Data" in red serif font on a turquoise background.

Each brief puncture of the incoming tide

Isabelle Thompson reviews Collecting the Data by Mat Riches (Red Squirrel Press, 2023)

Continue readingEach brief puncture of the incoming tide
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, dressed in yellow, striding forward into the projected fantasy of her come-back

I have never walked a blistering dust road out from San Antonio

D.A.Prince reviews Hollywood or Home by Kathryn Gray (Seren, 2023)

Continue readingI have never walked a blistering dust road out from San Antonio
Photo showing a jumble of children's plastic dolls in a state of disrepair.

Curiosities for the curious

Clare Best reviews Wunderkammer by Helen Ivory (MadHat Press, 2023)

Continue readingCuriosities for the curious
Blurred black and white photograph of a woman walking with an umbrella.

Sunset over Sky dishes

Maggie Mackay reviews 20 by Holly Magill (Drunk Muse Press, 2023)

Continue readingSunset over Sky dishes
Dark red line drawing on light red paper. It shows a small house. A ladder protrudes from an upstairs window and heads upwards.

As if to map the hidden history

Isabelle Thompson reviews Cargo by Charlotte Gann (Mariscat Press, 2023)

Continue readingAs if to map the hidden history
I think it's wool. Mostly blue but with th occasional red splurge. Oh, and there are some, drops of water that look frozen.

Alley Sally, Flash Face, Do-No-Day

Jane Routh reviews Material Properties by Jacob Polley (Picador, 2023)

Continue readingAlley Sally, Flash Face, Do-No-Day
Close up photo of a white sheeps head. We can mostly see the eye.

Tiny shorts the colour of meringues

Annie Fisher reviews Women in Comfortable Shoes by Selima Hill (Bloodaxe Books, 2023)

Continue readingTiny shorts the colour of meringues
A book cover showing what looks like two purple tinted, torn paper images of a woman's face . One shows two eyes and a bit of nose, the other shows one eye , half a nose and a mouth.

‘What is the language using us for?’

Helena Nelson reviews Isdal by Susannah Dickey (Picador, 2023)

Continue reading‘What is the language using us for?’
Some black and white text (part of the book title) on a red background. For extra 'artistic design' points the text lines are slanted diagonally.

Duster Bennett live at Frank Freeman’s

Matthew Paul reviews New and Selected Poems by Cliff Yates (Smith|Doorstop, 2023)

Continue readingDuster Bennett live at Frank Freeman’s
Photograph a woman standing in sand with a coat on. She has left footprints.

Our small Homeric lives

Steven Lovatt reviews Dead Letters by Carole Coates (Shoestring, 2023)

Continue readingOur small Homeric lives
Watercolour-style illustration showing an olive branch with a goat standing on a leaf on the left and a man sitting on a leaf to the right.

An guish / rather than a guish

Tim Murphy reviews 54 Poems: Selected and New by John Levy (Shearsman Books, 2023)

Continue readingAn guish / rather than a guish
Close up of a parchment coloured map showing Spanish place names written in italic script.

Holding on against the ebb

Christopher James reviews Whatever You Do, Just Don’t by Matthew Stewart (HappenStance, 2023)

Continue readingHolding on against the ebb
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