Category: review
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the men I keep under my bed by Alvy Carragher. A review
Salmon Poetry does not disappoint for the lovers of lyrical poetics with an edge. How very cool to see form being played with and the linguistics hidden then polished as if a neat play with hope and darkness. I wonder if Alvy Carragher writes in a way so as to ask us to walk with […]
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Review – DAY & NIGHT by D.C. Wojciech
Review written by Michelle Moloney King Is a hybrid text and a sort of behind the scenes of poetics unfurling? An interesting take on a poet’s notebook merged in a collection of polished poems with a postmodern vibe yet a surrealist written form – as if describing popping thoughts, imagened images or the world but […]
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Review of Tied to the Wind Written by Afric McGlinchey
The review was written by Anne Daly Tied to the Wind is elemental. An auto-fictional long-form work by the poet Afric McGlinchey, it blazes colour, a vibrant mosaic that depicts a young girl’s journey across continents and through the rocky seascape of childhood and adolescence. It is a sleek and muscular work. Spanning over 300 […]
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Anne Daly Reviews Medusa Retold by Sarah Wallis
Review by Anne Daly Published by Fly on the Wall Press in 2020, Medusa Retold is a refreshing take on the classical myth of the snake-haired monster slain by the hero Perseus. It veers away from the traditional male-centric narrative and gives us a punk princess Medusa figure, Nuala, who navigates a difficult adolescence with […]
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Moloney King Reviews – Performances in All Directions by Julie Morrissy
Reviewed by editor Michelle Moloney King Published by Pizza, Poetry, Pub in November 2020 this is a playful colouring book (of visual poetic imagery) that your inner child will devour while your reading mind can relish the prose, poetry, and learning journey of performing the poetics of movement. The physicality of Performances in All Directions […]
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Reviews
In a new venture BBJ will be sharing reviews. Want to be a reviewer? If you wish to be a reviewers this is who we are looking for: Someone with an established history of writing and reviewing. Social media links and a real name – no hiding behind an alias. A native English speaker with […]
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