Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
an excellent early 80s hybrid text with a distressing – and violent – context
Tag: poetry
The Letters of Mina Harker by Dodie Bellamy
an excellent – near flawless – novel
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
while we seek relief in schadenfreude over self-esteem, the world will never be fixed
Two x Pierre Senges
didn’t like these tbh
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
a blog from when the [first?] lockdown eased
This Is Where I Get Off by KIRBY
great poetry, i whinge about lockdown innit
Tender Omnibus
exceptional omnibus from NY publisher Tender Buttons
In the House of My Father by Hiwot Adilow
another kooky blog post
The Beauty of the Husband by Anne Carson
i’m distracted
The Final Voicemails by Max Ritvo
poetry by a then dying, now dead, young poet
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Boxset (SITA), ed. Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani
a boxset of ten powerful chapbooks
Lift Every Voice, edited by Christine Taylor
little review of a strong anthology
of is by Aisha Sasha John
i read some local poetry
Most of my Heroes Don’t Appear On No Stamps by Ran Walker
brief comments on a collection of kwansabas
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
some notes on a gorgeous novel
Utopia by Bernadette Mayer
a great book, a terrible blog
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
welsh poetry, often wonderful, sometimes dry
Human Tetris by Vi Khi Nao and Ali Raz
a great, new, collection of short poems about love ‘n’ sex
Selected Poems by Stevie Smith
read some dated poetry
Hera Lindsay Bird by Hera Lindsay Bird
short review of a wonderful poetry collection
The End (My Struggle Book Six) by Karl Ove Knausgaard
endings are never easy
The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem edited by Jeremy Noel-Tod
a fresh anthology that’s worth YOUR attention
Queen Mob’s Teahouse: Teh Book edited by Russell Bennetts
some inevitably biased hagiography
Bad Boy Poet: LIVE IN DALSTON
Scott Manley Hadley launches Bad Boy Poet.
Bad Boy Poet: LIVE TONIGHT IN DALSTON
BOOK LAUNCH TONIGHT NOVEMBER 14TH 2018
Bad Boy Poet by Scott Manley Hadley
Reviewed by Karina Bush
Bad Boy Poet: Intimate & Al Fresco
reading some poems in the Spanish desert…
Bad Boy Poet by Scott Manley Hadley
Review by L. Tumbleweed Parker. CW: ableist language
Feast of Sapphires by Matt Nagin
find out what poetry i like and why i write about poopoo
Ossuaries by Dionne Brand
political poetry: what is it good for?
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash
three split narratives, one of which confused me…
Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca
why I owned but didn’t read this book for five years (anger, depression)
Remembering Oluwale: An Anthology edited by SJ Bradley
a powerful anthology of poetry and prose
Poem 66 by Susana Medina
a Wide Sargasso Sea for Lolita
Typhoid August by Sarah Fletcher
chapbook review that turns into me recounting my entire relationship with sex
Twenty-Six Factitions by Erik Kennedy
Scott Manley Hadley on the poetry scene
Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen
some inappropriate teenage nostalgia
Twenty Love Poems & A Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
it’s not love if u pretend they don’t shit
Scott Manley Hadley Reads Some Poems
listen and or watch me read some poems (or do neither)
Passivity, Electricity, Acclivity by Ella Frears
good, serious, accessible poems
Notes on Post-Conceptual Poetry by Felix Bernstein
a book too clever for me, but still engaging
Sunshine by Melissa Lee-Houghton
this is impressive, i am depressive
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker
v good poems tho a v poor blog post
Death the Barber by William Carlos Williams
so much depends upon triumphofthenow.com
Who Is Mary Sue? by Sophie Collins
more tasty contemporary poetry
Scott In A Podcast on His Poetry
hear my voice, reacquaint yourselves with my fallibility
Pamper Me To Hell & Back by Hera Lindsay Bird
love love love love love love love
Being With Me Will Help You Learn by Thomas McColl
slowly, book by book, i realise what i like
Triumph Of The Now 