Samantha Barendson
Published 09 November 2020About the book Though relatively small, the poetry collection of Samantha Barendson is a well-thought-over, complete project rooted in the profound experience of the loss. The “reconstruction of the father”, who passed away when she was two, takes the form (…)
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Published 08 November 2020About the book One of the privileges of being a writer – and even more so of being a poet – is that of multiple identities. The poet can be somebody else in every poem – can create trial versions (…)
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Published 07 November 2020About the book The heroine of Helen Ivory’s poems discovers the mysteries of her family home and casts at her relatives her poetic spells. The origin of these spells lies in a fairy-tale imagination, in a subconscious realm populated by (…)
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Published 04 November 2020About the book There are poets for whom literature is a timeless space, and all of its forms present fundamental human dilemmas in equally vivid and effective ways. Josep Pedrals is one of such poets. His rhymed, rhythmical poems resemble (…)
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