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Best of 2020: Poetry
Poets pinpoint the collections they have most enjoyed reading over the last year
THRILLINGLY ORIGINAL: Marvin Thompson
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Given the power of the live experience, MIK SABIERS recommends Jon Spencer’s new album
Reviews of T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tamikrest, and Dub Colossus
The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
Josephine Corcoran
Three debut collections stood out for me. Geraldine Clarkson’s Monica’s Overcoat of Flesh (Nine Arches) is full of erudition and mischievous wordplay. It's never dull and never takes itself too seriously — and yet it's utterly serious.
In Tongues of Fire (Cape) Sean Hewitt shines as a laureate of trees, woods and forests and the natural world radiates from poems about love, sex, heartache and bereavement.
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