Last year I read and reviewed Reuben Woolley’s two previous poetry collections [see here], and both introduced me to his distinctive style of writing in which space and positioning on the page are critical to conveying the intense but fluid … Continue reading →

In most moments throughout this collection of poems, John and Mary are meeting – physically or through memory or in their words – though they are hardly together, separated by differing views/experiences, and by presentation on the page. They do … Continue reading →

Jazz, music more widely, certainty and uncertainty, the breakages in/of meaning – these are the opening stories of the seemingly perfunctory but expansive poems by Reuben Woolley. The opening poem & all that jazz presents an emotional attachment to jazz … Continue reading →

Many Red Fish by Steve Spence, Knives Forks and Spoons Press Three Wannabes [The Rink by Aaron Kent; Poem, A Chapbook by Timmy Reed; Lou Ham: Racing Anthropocene Statement by Paul Hawkins] – Dostoyevsky Wannabe Letters from the Underground – … Continue reading →

Poetry collections I have reviewed in 2018: New York Hotel – Ian Seed, Shearsman Books Ways of Looking – David Grubb, smith/doorstop Box – David H.W. Grubb, Like This Press White Noise – Rupert Loydell, zimZalla Swamp Kiss – Colin … Continue reading →