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Posted by Scott Thurston on 2024-03-27
The Journal is deeply saddened to hear the news of the passing of Marjorie Perloff, one of the most distinguished critics of innovative poetry of her generation, and a founding member of the journal's editorial board, at her home in California. She was 92. It's hard to imagine what the …
Posted by Eleanor Careless on 2024-01-10
Western ideas of both the production and reception of poetry often emphasise the individuality of the poet or the reader. Dominant conceptions of the act of writing poetry can thus frame it in narrow individualist-expressive terms. At the same time, Sam Solomon has described the study of poetry in the …
Posted by Eleanor Careless on 2023-12-08
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2023-07-14
The Journal is saddened to hear of the loss of poet Gavin Selerie, following cancer. Gavin has been described by Robert Hampson as 'one of the most obviously scholarly of contemporary British poets'. He was born in Hampstead in 1949 and educated at Haileybury, Lincoln College, Oxford, Sussex and York. …
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2023-03-30
Today, we publish Callie Gardner's beautiful essay on Anna Mendelssohn and Veronica Forrest-Thomson. This article is published posthumously, following the tragic loss of Callie in July 2021. Earlier that year, Callie had signed off the final version of their article, and was looking forward to the work being published in …
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2022-10-29
The Journal is dismayed to learn of the recent passing of Alan Halsey at the home he shared in Sheffield with Geraldine Monk. Alan was an extraordinary poet, publisher, artist, editor, bookseller, performer -- the author of sixteen major collections and countless smaller pamphlets and projects. His poetry is steeped …
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2022-02-11
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2022-01-14
Please find the draft programme of the latest in a series of events memorialising the life and work of Professor Eric Mottram (1924-1995), which on this occasion also comprises a celebration of the work of Jerome Rothenberg. The event is organised by Valerie Soar and takes place on 12 March …
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2021-11-10
The subject of a recent special issue Peter Larkin and contributor Dominic Hand will be reading at a Zoom event, 3-4.30pm on 11 Nov, on poetry and the Anthropocene. The readings will be followed by a discussion with opportunities for audience members to join in. This event is hosted …
Posted by Gareth Farmer on 2021-09-01
The editors of The Journal of British and Irish Poetry are tremendously saddened to hear of the death of the unique and brilliant poet, Chris Torrance.
One of our co-editors, Gareth Farmer, had the privilege of reviewing Test Centre's 2017 edition of The Magic Door for Poetry Wales in 2018 …
Posted by Scott Thurston on 2021-08-13
We are delighted to take the next step in exploring new levels of accessibility for our articles by publishing Natalie Joelle and Kaushika Ratnayake's narrated video presentation of Natalie's article for our Peter Larkin special issue. You can find the video on the article page here.