“A gatherer of fragments, Harwood’s writing is a mode of slow accretion, of building blocks of poetry (and prose), and presenting them in relationship with others, to allow them to resonate with one another. We think of collage as a technique of rip and tear, shuffle and paste, fix and finish, but for Harwood it is more like a slow game of chess.”
Robert Sheppard on Lee Harwood’s The Orchid Boat, online now at Stride.
Five or six new reviews at the ever growing Stride magazine including James Davies on Scott Thurston’s great new pamphlet Figure Detached, Figure Impermanent and Steve Spence on Chrissy Williams’ Epigraphs
Lots of interesting stuff to read at Rupert Loydell’s Stride, including his interview with Robert Sheppard and new work by Tim Allen, Steve Waling and Alec Newman.
“The irony is that The Guardian reading chattering classes – the left-liberals whose tender sensibilities determine the mainstream poetry scene – would rather die than be seen as insular or parochial. But any claims to be “progressive” are certainly laughable when assessed through their literature.”
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