PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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JOHN KENDALL HAWKINS applauds a new volume by black US poet Frederick Joseph, that is precisely cadenced and breathing with lyricism
Frederick Joseph in 2021
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LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
We Alive, Beloved: Poems
Frederick Joseph, Row House, £13.06
IT’S a tough nut to crack: ever-escalating violence: war; assassination attempts; BLM protests met with batons and the same old racism; annihilations, terrorism; the US with more guns than people.
When leadership and the vigour of new ideas are needed folks are treated with the same tired bromides that didn’t work to begin with.
The UN, which was meant to be a beacon away from the darkness of interstate conflict and a reminder to co-operate in improving the commonweal of humankind, is a dud outfit.
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