‘A Sort of Homecoming’: Poetry in Translation
Clarissa Aykroyd on how she entered ‘the world of translated poetry’
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The logodaedalist (#5)
E is for eschaton…
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The Pursuit of Adventure, or Truth?
Luke Miller returns to Jack Kerouac’s ‘The Dharma Bums’ and ‘On The Road’
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Caine Prize: America, by Chinelo Okparanta
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva on Chinelo Okparanta’s ‘America’, the favourite for this year’s Caine Prize.
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Richman, O’Hara, and the aesthetics of the upbeat
Richard O’Brien explores the ‘untrammelled joy’ in the work of Frank O’Hara and Jonathan Richman
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Caine Prize: Bayan Layi, by Elnathan John
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva thinks Elnathan John’s ‘Bayan Layi’ is far more than just ‘poverty porn’
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‘This gnaws away at my heart’: Szilárd Borbély’s The Dispossessed
A ‘devastating’ exploration of poverty by one of Hungary’s finest writers, reviewed by Ottilie Mulzet.
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Caine Prize: The Whispering Trees, by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva finds plenty to admire in Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Caine-shortlisted ‘The Whispering Trees’
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Caine Prize: Foreign Aid, by Pede Hollist
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva reviews Pede Hollist’s ‘Foreign Aid’, shortlisted for the Caine Prize
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Caine Prize: Miracle, by Tope Folarin
Tope Folarin’s Caine Prize-shortlisted ‘Miracle’, reviewed by Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva
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