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BOOK REVIEW: Jackie Wills’ A Friable Earth
Ageing womanhood is still a taboo in Western society. Frequently misrepresented and oftentimes ignored, the perspectives of women over 60 should be another bolt in the educational foundations of life.
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BOOK REVIEW: J. O. Morgan’s The Martian’s Regress
Scottish poet J. O. Morgan’s The Martian’s Regress makes some powerful points about ecological collapse, but has a questionable approach to gender politics.
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BOOK REVIEW: Porsha Olayiwola’s I Shimmer Sometimes, Too
A powerful, gut-punching assertion of identity as a black, queer, ‘hip-hop feminist’, the 73 pages here are some of the most fiery, lucid and ambitious poems that you’re likely to read for some time.
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BOOK REVIEW: Miranda Kaufmann’s Black Tudors: The Untold Story
We all know that 2020 was a seismic year for race relations. The murder of George Floyd by a policeman in the US sent decades-old discussions into fever pitch.
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BOOK REVIEW: Peter Robinson’s Poetry & Money: A Speculation
Poets will tell you that their art is a valuable key to unlocking life’s secrets. They’ll argue that poetry is as essential as anything else when discussing cultural and personal worth. I believe that’s true; but the elephant in the room is what gives our lives material, physical and tangible value.
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The Best Books I Read In 2020
What a year 2020 has been for the publishing industry. It’s not unique in the hurdles it’s had to face of course. The Coronavirus has put a stopper in plans for growth and expansion in pretty much every sector across the globe, and has made keeping heads above water an arduous task. It doesn’t totally… Read more
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FeaturedWorld Book History #9: Maps Of Desire
Manuel Forcano, one of Catalan’s leading love poets, primarily focuses on romantic love. That’s true of his 2019 collection Maps of Desire (Arc Publications) too. But he also explores how romanticism can be extended to societal love and community cohesion.
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FeaturedWorld Book History #6: Terrorism in Western Literature
How do you write about a lived experience which is not your own? More importantly, *should* you?
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