Tag Archive: Poetry Showcase

SHOWCASE: NEW POEMS BY EILEEN CHONG

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EILEEN CHONG is a poet based in Sydney,  Australia. She was born in Singapore of Chinese descent. Her poetry collections are Burning Rice (2012), Peony (2014), Painting Red Orchids (2016), and Rainforest (2018), all from Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney. Chong writes… Continue reading

“IT’S MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT LOOKS IN HERE”: POEMS FROM MARK RUSSELL’S NEW COLLECTION ‘SPEARMINT & RESCUE’

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MARK RUSSELL‘s first full collection is Spearmint & Rescue (Pindrop Press). He has also published Shopping for Punks (Hesterglock), a full collection of experimental work. His chapbooks are ℵ (the book of moose)… Continue reading

“MOUTH MUSIC IN SIGN LANGUAGE”: POETRY FROM JAMES MCGONIGAL’S NEW COLLECTION, ‘THE CAMPHILL WREN’

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JAMES MCGONIGAL is a poet, editor and translator, formerly a school teacher and educationalist. His co-edited volume The Midnight Letterbox: Selected Correspondence of Edwin Morgan 1950–2010 is published by Carcanet Press. His collection Cloud Pibroch… Continue reading

“DOWN THE JETWAY”: POETRY FROM THERESA MUÑOZ’S NEW COLLECTION ‘SETTLE’

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THERESA MUÑOZ was born in Vancouver and lives in Edinburgh. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and a PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of… Continue reading

“This hurts and it’s meant to”: POETRY FROM CATHERINE GRAHAM’S FORTHCOMING COLLECTION ‘CANCER IN THE CELERY FOREST’

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CATHERINE GRAHAM‘s most recent collection Her Red Hair Rises with the Wings of Insects (Wolsak & Wynn, 2013, now in its second printing), was a finalist for the Raymond Souster Poetry Award and… Continue reading