Michael Longley

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The best recent poetry – review roundup
The Candelight Master by Michael Longley; Just Us by Claudia Rankine; FURY by David Morley; Tiger Girl by Pascale Petit

Aingeal Clare

12, Sep, 2020 @1:00 PM

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Angel Hill by Michael Longley review – elegies on conflict, grief and nature
The essence of humanity is captured by one of the finest poets of his generation through the Troubles, the first world war and the beauty of wilderness

Fran Brearton

17, Jun, 2017 @10:00 AM

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Michael Longley heads shortlist for Forward prizes for poetry
The Belfast poet is nominated for the prestigious honour alongside a diverse selection of writers including Tara Bergin, Nick Makoha and Malika Booker

Danuta Kean

12, Jun, 2017 @6:01 AM

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'Our melting, shifting, liquid world': celebrities read poems on climate change
Actors including James Franco, Ruth Wilson, Gabriel Byrne, Maxine Peake, Jeremy Irons, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Sheen read a series of 21 poems on the theme of climate change, curated by UK poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Includes two bonus poems from Byrne and Franco

Nabeelah Shabbir, Eva Krysiak Alex Breuer, Jason Phipps and Xaquín GV

20, Nov, 2015 @10:08 AM

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David Harsent wins TS Eliot prize for poetry for Fire Songs
Creative writing professor takes home £20,000 prize for his 11th collection of work after four previous appearances on shortlist

Maev Kennedy

12, Jan, 2015 @7:36 PM

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The Stairwell review – Michael Longley's shortcuts to the heart

Birth and death are never far apart in Longley's cherishable new collection, writes Kate Kellaway

Kate Kellaway

03, Aug, 2014 @10:00 AM

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Selected Poems by Robert Graves – review
The greatness of Robert Graves, one of the outstanding poetic voices of the 20th century, was forged in the first world war, says Fran Brearton

Fran Brearton

08, Nov, 2013 @6:59 PM

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Harry Chambers obituary

Founder and director of the publisher Peterloo Poets

John Mole

25, Sep, 2012 @2:00 PM

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Forward poetry prize: who got rid of the women?
Sarah Crown: The all-male shortlist for this year's prize is sadly true to form. But apportioning blame is not easy

Sarah Crown

14, Jul, 2011 @12:06 PM

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Edinburgh book festival highlights

From fiction to poetry to children's illustrators, here is the pick of the events at the festival this year

16, Jun, 2011 @8:46 AM

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A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley – review
Michael Longley's reverence for the living and the dead is as evident as ever

Sean O'Brien

08, Apr, 2011 @11:05 PM

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Fats Waller by Michael Longley
'Fats must be one of the most musical human beings ever to have lived'

Michael Longley

19, Feb, 2011 @12:05 AM

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