view the contents page...
read the editorial...
see the editor's picks...
view the contributors...
discover what's coming in Issue 27...
-
New poetry by - Connie Bensley - Angela Leighton - Howard Wright - Mark Leech - Mike Hoy - Nicola Daly - Carrie Etter
- Our innovative new poetry feature 'the poet on his work' (or her work) continues, giving us a rare glimpse of the complex skeins of thought and words underneath the neatly woven surface of a finished poem. In this issue Neil Curry writes on his poem 'Among the Ruins'. Read it online now in Editor's Picks!
- Read superb new fiction by Roy Kesey in his short story 'Buffalo', a story told with complete assurance and a writer's name to watch out for in the future.
- A unique insight into the life of a librettist: Micheal Symmons Roberts' essay, 'An Accidental Career', offers his opinion on what makes a truly great libretti and the diverse influences of Piper and Hoffmannsthal on his own work.
- In 'The Practice of Poetry', Adam Piette answers a reader's question on George Herbert's poem 'Deniall'.
- Interviews: the conclusion of Phil Davis's conversation with Jonathan Bate about Shakespeare at the RSC; and a discussion with Edward Hardwicke, Dr Watson to Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Homes, in Granada TV's outstanding adaptation of the Conan Doyle books.
- Charlotte Brontë's lesser known novel, Shirley, is the subject for this issue's 'readers connect'.
- Plus, 'your recommendations' focuses on Peter Taylor's fiction, Raymond Chandler on his own writing, and Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell; Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra is reassessed in relation to who's hand really guides the play's outcome.