'Would poetry be more effective – that is, interest more people more deeply – if it were more directly concerned with the issues of our time?'
Jorie Graham, Don Paterson, A. E. Stallings and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
Read here: https://t.co/mPrqVyUycv
Order our June / July 2026 issue to read the survey in print, alongside new work by Nick Laird, Lawrence Osborne, Campbell McGrath and more: https://t.co/WUO4jfdjil
'Would poetry be more effective – that is, interest more people more deeply – if it were more directly concerned with the issues of our time?'
Jorie Graham, Don Paterson, A. E. Stallings and more have their say in our 2026 Survey of Poets.
Read here: https://t.co/mPrqVyUycv
Reviews:
Rowland Bagnall on A Chorus of Ears by Denise Riley (@picadorbooks).
Hugh Foley on Transcription by Ben Lerner (@GrantaBooks).
And @johnpmerrick on the 1926 General Strike (@OneworldNews and @VersoBooks).
Order here: https://t.co/WUO4jfdjil
'The loneliness I felt, sitting at that table eating my sandwich, was breathtaking. It was a feeling I didn’t know I was capable of summoning.'
New short fiction by Sam Corbett: https://t.co/azyjkHxXHW
"The secular left of the sixties, seventies and eighties spoke of equality, but didn’t draw on ritual...the encampments didn’t shy away from religion: they hosted ‘Liberation Seders’ and Jum’ah prayers"
Upcoming piece in @TheLondonMag on religion and anti-establishment politics
Reviews:
Rowland Bagnall on A Chorus of Ears by Denise Riley (@picadorbooks).
Hugh Foley on Transcription by Ben Lerner (@GrantaBooks).
And @johnpmerrick on the 1926 General Strike (@OneworldNews and @VersoBooks).
Pre-order here: https://t.co/DKYVdFVdTt