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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
A poetic line of march challenging election overkill
21st Century poetry with Andy Croft
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
HOW can poets contribute to the debates taking place around this general election?
At the moment, it is hard enough for anyone to be heard above the white noise of cliche, point-scoring, dodgy statistics and overacting.
On the whole, politicians do not read poetry and most poets do not trust politicians. Most poems are less memorable than a soundbite and more demanding than a party political broadcast. Not many poems have ever changed anyone’s opinion and, outside the prize-giving circuit, no-one is interested in what poets have to say.
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ALAN MORRISON recommends a consummate, heart-warming collection about a working-class upbringing in the industrial north-east
ANDY CROFT welcomes the publication of an anthology of recent poems published by the Morning Star, and hopes it becomes an annual event