criticism
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For a long time, the Reasoning Rhyme section of this site has simply directed readers back to my old blog, but I’ve now consolidated all those previous posts into a proper section of this site. I’ve not added anything new, but I do have good intentions — and we all know where they lead —
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I stumbled* recently over McShandy’s the rather excellent blog of Stuart Kelly, literary editor of the Scotland on Sunday and have been meaning to link to it since. I’ve even more reason to do so now, as Stuart features on the latest Scottish Poetry Library podcast, discussing Berryman’s Dream Songs, the potential of the internet for
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Just finished reading Shira Wolosky’s The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem, which I borrowed from the Scottish Poetry Library. Good book, I thought; one I’d certainly recommend as a general overview of poetic form and rhetoric. I might well buy a copy for reference. Only once or twice did really think she’d
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ReadySteadyBook reports that Geoffrey Hill‘s Collected Critical Writings is due out from OUP in March. I wouldn’t expect an easy read, of course, but perhaps his criticism might elucidate his poetic to some extent. Not having read any of it, I wouldn’t know, but it should be worth a look. Several of the essay titles
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Interesting to hear Tom Paulin talking so much about the sound texture of poems on yesterday’s edition of The Verb. Worth listening to while you still can (seven days). It’s a trailer for his new book, The Secret Life of Poems, which Faber describes as a primer which offers [47 poems] – or on occasion
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1 I recommend a listen to this week’s edition of “Poets and the Nation”. It’s a good, intelligent piece of broadcasting about how cultural change in Scotland has been reflected in poetry through the ages. It bounces about time a bit more than last week’s, which is one thing in its favour. 2 Radio 3
Amy Jo Philip 