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Summer 2019: Issue 93

The Summer 2019 issue features new poems from Abigail Parry, American poets: Timothy Donnelly and Angie Estes, French poets: Valérie Rouzeau and Heather Dohollau, and also features UK poets Denise Riley, Helen Mort, Jack Underwood and Ahren Warner, among others.

Newcomers to the magazine include Alice Hiller, Barbara Barnes and Annemarie Austin. David Wheatley explores the pleasures and problems of forgotten poets in the issue’s feature essay, while Amy Key discusses snoring, Catholic education and Elizabeth Taylor with Chelsey Minnis.

In reviews, we cover new work by Rachael Allen, Michael Hofmann, Terrance Hayes and Kate Potts.

A selection of poems and articles are available to read online here.

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