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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
Six on the best
Some of Britain's top poets tell ANDY CROFT which collections impressed them over the last 12 months
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
Gerda Stevenson
A wealth of poetry has absorbed me this year. Meg Bateman's fine Transparencies (Polygon) is a Gaelic-English volume exploring memory, people and place, whose centre piece is a virtuosic tribute to the mythology of ships.
Each image of Sharon Olds' searing Stag's Leap (Cape) brands itself on retina and heart - how will I ever forget the "Tiny Siren" found by accident in the washing machine?
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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