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Whichever life we live, it’s the other calls

Carl Tomlinson reviews Hotel Anonymous by Mike Barlow (Pindrop Press, 2021)
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Call it Love

Chris Edgoose reviews Bioluminescent Baby by Fiona Benson (Guillemot Press, 2021)
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When you are being eaten by vultures / they will leave your face alone

Book Review: Hilary Menos reviews Jongleur by Rennie Parker (Shoestring Press, 2021)
Two books with mostly white covers. one cover has a blackened rib, the other a small picture of a blue open door

Essential poetry from Wayleave Press

Book Review: Richie McCaffery reviews two Wayleave Press pamphlets — Rib by Sharon Black and After by Jane Routh

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