POETRY MONTH: 81 Austerities by Sam Riviere
objectively brilliant, yes, but not not not so good for me?
Tag: Faber
The Con Artists by Luke Healy
short post on a recent [ graphic novel / comic book ] (delete to your preference)
Selected Poems by Marianne Moore
the building i live in got on fire in lockdown
Look Back In Anger by John Osborne
further disintegration as i read a play that hasn’t aged well
Normal People by Sally Rooney
rooney rooney
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
A 1952 Nigerian classic, bad coffee and chasing Canadian healthcare
Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins
more tasty contemporary poetry
A Shorter Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, ed. Anthony Burgess
Can Burgess turn this tough novel into a frothy paperback? No.
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
What next? I thought I’d go with something a little different, a little rounder, wider, more fictional and less harrowing.Continue Reading
A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing was a surprise critical smash in the heady days of 2013/14, atContinue Reading
Shall We Gather At The River by Peter Murphy
I picked this novel up from a massive pile of free books offered by my university a few weeks beforeContinue Reading
The Striped World by Emma Jones
Emma Jones’ debut collection, The Striped World, is an evocative and image-fuelled foray into contemporary America, sunken wrecks of transportation shipsContinue Reading
Nil Nil by Don Paterson
That’s right, more poetry. I’ve gone poetry mad. I’ve got at least two more poetry books on my shelf andContinue Reading
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
I will be the first to admit that I’m not an expert on poetry. That I don’t read enough poetry.Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 