Timothy Mathews is Emeritus Professor of French and Comparative Criticism at University College London. In his writing and translating he explores what relating to art…
Silver Linings Often anxious, I spend hours outside in contemplation, Watching clouds tumble over Sheep Mountain into the west end of the Blackfoot Valley. Against…
Shadow Boxing It takes much to make a shadow – as much in 1955 as 1155 or 2755; soul / source / surface. It takes…
A Suite of Adjacent Rooms If you are a poet also working in academia, or you also do other kinds of writing for a living,…
Think of a new ritual that you’ve had to put in place because of the pandemic. It could be just about going to the park…
Respond to the photograph above by exploring the following series of questions, which do not have to be answered in the given order. Language: laconic monochrome….
Agnieszka Studzinska has an MA in Creative Writing from the UEA. Her first debut collection, Snow Calling was shortlisted for the London New Poetry Award 2010. Her…
Professor Robert Hampson, from Royal Holloway, University of London, writes about Carolyn Forché’s The Country Between Us, which was re-published in 2019 by Bloodaxe Books….
Dr Christopher Ohge, Lecturer in Digital Approaches to Literature at the IES, reads ‘The Icing Hand’ by Tony Harrison from the Bloodaxe Books online archive…
Damen O’Brien’s poem ‘The Handshake’ has won First Prize in the 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition. The Handshake When he reached out his hand…
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