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American Carnage: @Joe_Darlo reviews Harold Jaffe's new collection of shorts "Performances for the End of Time" (@EquusPress) - "let Jaffe be your John the Baptist – your cinematographer – your choreographer – St. Spielberg of the Silvery Screen" - https://t.co/V4p2EoYkSK
Words and Pauses: @Joe_Darlo reviews @LauraScott112's new collection "The Fourth Sister" (@Carcanet) - "her poetry can't help but feel like a revelation" - https://t.co/TNRmocRFsn
Oh my! Such a generous review of my pamphlets Marine Drive and cache-cache: "deft use of language", "needle sharp in style". Thank you thank you thank you @hoodwinkedpoems and @BooksManchester 🙏📚🥰
LAST DAYS out today at the new Sheffield-based @press_erratum, is truly a book for our moment, offering, amongst other things, an unflinching portrayal of the small, cumulative violences of rampant #casualisation.
A review of Sally Barrett's excellent poetry pamphlet 'You Cannot See Yourself With Your Eyes Shut' can be found here: https://t.co/5KzC4vezE6 You can get the pamphlet from https://t.co/ddP3JCIrKm
@jacebrit @_gobbet_ @JoyelleMcS @ShmikeShmorrao We'd be interested in covering that, and @_gobbet_ after covering @AnsgarAllen's Wretch we'd be interested in anything from Schism. DM for deets.
Good launch at Manchester Central Library last night @Confingo launched Out Of The Dark by @ggaffa Melissa Wan also read from a Confingo anthology which is on the way.