Picks – B O D Y

Books in Brief: Two poetry collections

B O D Y — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:26:12 +0000

Books in Brief: Reviews of new poetry collections by Medha Singh and Annie Brechin.

Books in Brief: Three poetry collections

B O D Y — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:32:04 +0000

Books in Brief: Reviews of new poetry collections by Justin Lacour, Emily Bludworth de Barrios, and Siegfried Mortokowitz.

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A Guide to Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry in Translation

B O D Y — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Poet and translator Tom Phillips offers a guide to contemporary Bulgarian poetry in translation

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Books in Brief: Four New Bulgarian Poetry Books in Translation

B O D Y — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Drew Rollins and James Peake review four new books of contemporary Bulgarian poetry in translation. Edited by Clint Margrave.

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Books in Brief: New Writing from Scotland

B O D Y — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000

B O D Y reviews new pamphlets by David Kinloch, James Appleby, and Sophie Cooke.

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Paul Hostovsky: Pitching for the Apostates | Book Review

B O D Y — Fri, 03 May 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Hostovsky’s fondness for words and keen ear for spoken language benefit his writing: he can record and create dialogue in a brilliant and natural way. In this respect, he has more in common with short-story writers than with most contemporary poets, who tend to avoid direct speech.

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Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life | Book Review

B O D Y — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000

W. H. Auden once said that poets should dress like businessmen. Thom Gunn preferred leather and chains.

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Books in Brief: Four Plymouth, UK Poets

B O D Y — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000

These four poets and their recent books are representative of the poetry currently being written in Southwest England and the country more broadly.

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Books in Brief

B O D Y — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 19:46:03 +0000

Eight recent volumes of poetry, prose, and photography, reviewed by our editors

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Kathryn Maris on Wave House by Elizabeth Arnold | Friday Pick

B O D Y — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000

From her earliest work -- before the idea of eco-entanglement was widely adopted by poets -- Arnold viewed nature not as an ‘object’ or ‘other’ but as an inextricable (and clearly endangered) system in which humanity participates.

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