Poetry
Hollie McNish: ‘I have to psych myself up to share’
The prize-winning poet on her bond with her giggly late gran, embracing blush-making subject matter and why reading poetry is key to writing
Kate Kellaway
15, May, 2021 @5:00 PM
Dave Cunliffe obituary
Other Lives: Poet and small press publisher involved in the British counterculture of the 1960s
Bruce Wilkinson
14, May, 2021 @5:10 PM
The best recent poetry – review roundup
The Trojan Women by Anne Carson; The Gododdin by Gillian Clarke; Hotel Raphael by Rachel Boast; American Mules by Martina Evans; pandemonium by Andrew McMillan
Fiona Sampson
14, May, 2021 @11:00 AM
Vincent D’Onofrio: ‘I really did get mugged by a monkey’
The esteemed actor discusses his move into the world of poetry and his distrust of ‘devious’ primates
Charles Bramesco
12, May, 2021 @2:21 PM
The Butchers: novel set in Irish BSE crisis wins Ondaatje prize
Ruth Gilligan’s thriller about eight men who cull cattle in rural Ireland wins £10,000 for books that ‘best evoke the spirit of a place’
Alison Flood
11, May, 2021 @6:00 PM
Labour’s flag-waving sends distress signal | Brief letters
Brief letters: Wolverhampton | The Guardian | Ageing poets | Union flag | Labour | Starlings
Letters
11, May, 2021 @5:23 PM
A Blood Condition by Kayo Chingonyi review – deep, subtle grace
The Zambian-born British poet explores colonial history, the origin of HIV and survivor’s guilt with a quiet power
Kate Kellaway
11, May, 2021 @8:00 AM
Poem of the week: American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
The US poet began writing his sonnets the day Donald Trump was elected president – but even after Trump, they remain fierce, profound and ageless
Carol Rumens
10, May, 2021 @10:41 AM
Living through India’s pandemic: ‘Oxygen is the new currency’
As India is devastated by a crippling second wave of coronavirus, its leaders’ response to the pandemic is causing anguish and disbelief, writes author Jeet Thayil
Jeet Thayil
07, May, 2021 @5:22 AM
‘He’s got a wee spring in his step’: 92-year-old grandfather becomes bestselling poet
Gordon McCulloch’s 101 Poems becomes a hit on Amazon after his granddaughter asked her followers to take a look at the book
Alison Flood
04, May, 2021 @1:34 PM
Poem of the week: Grey Natural Light by Katherine Horrex
Climate change and pollution make for surreal and ghostly imagery in this understated and restrained poem
Carol Rumens
03, May, 2021 @10:00 AM
Boland: Journey of a Poet review – a profound portrayal of Eavan Boland’s life
Drawing on her early writings, Colm Tóibín captures the essence of the late Irish poet in this transformative production
Clare Brennan
02, May, 2021 @9:30 AM
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