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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
‘Let death be a comrade, let death be a laugh’
Andy Croft's 21st-century poetry
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
NOVELIST, poet and literary activist, Julia Darling (1956-2005) was a phenomenon.
She wrote for radio, TV and the stage. She co-founded the feminist performance-group The Poetry Virgins, taking poetry to housing co-op AGMs and women’s refuge coffee mornings.
She helped set up the feminist press Diamond Twig and was involved in establishing Proud Words, the first gay and lesbian literary festival in England, now an annual event on Tyneside. She was also a member of the Communist Party.
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DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
LEO BOIX reviews two powerful Latin American novels in which myth and crime fiction expose the deadly consequences of patriarchy, clandestine abortion and state violence
ALAN MORRISON welcomes a new collection from the most imaginative and committed ecopoet of our time
ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event