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Romance and Revolution
Ken Fuller concocts a thrilling blend of the personal and political in saga of militant trade unionist
PETER MASON thrills to the sound of south London-born Yussef Dayes, and the galaxy of musicians drawn into his orbit
From post-human revolution in Puerto Rico to trans poetics and queer mythmaking, these three books that imagine new ways of being together
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
ALL credit to Ken Fuller. After Love and Labour, the mighty opening tome in his Red Button Years series, he’s avoided the “sequel sag.”
Romance and Revolution delivers the same compelling combination that marked out the original as one of my fiction books of 2020.
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