The Four Gated City by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #5)
another doris lessing quintet concludes
another doris lessing quintet concludes
we cannot equate hope with idiocy and expect to ever be happy
a (perhaps accidental) anti-gossip tract
an extensive discussion re the weighty themes raised by this book
another nice book review descends into dissociated left-wing raving
contemporary fiction on the last quarter of the 20th century
breathtaking book on death
an excellent book
eww i read some centrist art by mistake
unexpectedly, one of the best books i’ve ever read
some notes on a book of notes about lighthouses
anarchism is hope
1967 and old men are walking in winter
a gorgeous book
~800 plot-driven sonnets, anyone???
intellectual poems that don’t become impersonal
broken sleep’s second annual anthology
objectively brilliant, yes, but not not not so good for me?
“People eat what they can. They love what can love them back.”
Today we’re (I’m) looking at another poetry magazine. I’m not quite sure if this one is a magazine or ifContinue Reading
is “art writing” poetry? / is “poetry” art writing?
incredibly good popular poetry from Beyoncé’s collaborator
powerful, direct, dignified poems
excellent poetry & performance piece
some great love poetry surrounded by trepidatious discussion of someone else’s illness
realising i read poetry looking for poets, not poems
latest chapbook from one of my favourite writers
a partial reading from 4/5 years ago, previously unpublished
you been doing all this dope [blogging] / You ain’t had a chance to show ’em what time it is
a masterpiece of contemporary sonnetteering
an excellent anthology from friend of the blog broken sleep books
a gorgeous chapbook kicks off POETRY MONTH
before a month of all new all poetry reviews, check out a selection from the TotN vaults!
uninspiring 1940s travel writing
a novella as boring as my life rn then a novella that’s good
a middle class british heterosexual Howl
Alan Burns’ underwhelming follow-up to Europe After The Rain
the limits + importance of language (cw: suicide ideation)
an excellent novel (& a guest cat in the pic!!!)
lessing’s children of violence continues to be excellent unlike my mood
brief comments on a perfect novel
an excellent novella from le guin
a failure of intent
pacy thriller; terrible bookstore; hot summer heat
slow fiction with relentless structure
“the classic coming of age novel… for women”
great essay on the end of the world in film & lit