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FICTION 'Sweet Marjoram', Desmond Hogan 'The Hermit of Athos', Gregory Norminton 'The Buck', Gabriela Blandy POETRY 'Contra-Flora', 'Anti-Honeymoon' & 'A Lingerie Of Flowers', Aidan Andrew Dun 'Old Usher', Oliver Reynolds 'Huntingdonshire Elegy', John Greening 'Return of the Wolves', Roger Caldwell 'Go Mouse', John Whitworth 'The Poetry Shed', Philip Burton 'Lourdes', Maggie Butt 'Giveaway', Gregory Warren Wilson 'The Lego Mansion', Andrew Marstrand 'Farmers’ Hands', Sally Carr 'Paean', Vassilis Zambaras 'Anti-Ode to Bacchus', Michael Foley 'Sheen', Michelle O’Sullivan 'By the Pool', Barry Longley 'November Afternoon', Gary Allen 'Pointing', 'Craigadoo Quarry' & 'Sacrifice', Joseph Allen 'Arctic Spring', Edmund Prestwich FEATURES 'R.B. Kitaj: Some Poets', Simon Martin 'Philistines Today', Peter Lee-Wright 'A Rare Company', Ronald McGillicuddy 'Christopher P. Wood', Glyn Hughes REVIEWS John Greening on Les Murray, Louise Glück, Andrew Waterman, Seamus Heaney & John Heath-Stubbs Peter Gilbert on John McGahern Michael Eaude on Carmen Laforet Thomas Ország-Land on Krisztián Ungváry and the siege of Budapest William Oxley on Lynne Wycherley, David Tipton, Alan Morrison & Joanna Boulter Yvonne Green on Daniel Weissbort and his friendship with Joseph Brodsky Eva Tucker on Victoria Glendinning's biography of Leonard Woolf Anne Redmon on Sofka Zinovieff Cover: R.B. Kitaj, detail of Morton Feldman (from 1st Series: Some Poets), 1968, colour screenprint Gary Allen, b Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Three collections, Languages (Flambard / Black Mountain 2002), Exile (Black Mountain 2004), North of Nowhere (Lagan Press 2006). Cillin, a novel (Black Mountain 2005). Joseph Allen, b 1961 Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Poems in Agenda, Orbis, The Reader, Poetry Ireland Review, and Fortnight. Pamphlet, Night Patrol (Lapwing Press); first collection, Landscaping (Flambard / Black Mountain 2003). Gabriela Blandy. Her story ‘The Buck’ won the 2007 Royal Society of Literature V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize for a short story worth £1000. Philip Burton. Published in PNReview, Stand, and the literary press. Dr Maggie Butt. Poems in magazines and Quintana Roo (Acumen 2003). Head of media & communication at Middlesex University. Roger Caldwell writes for the TLS, PNReview, Poetry Review, & Philosophy Now. Second collection, Walking on the Moon, forthcoming from Ninth Arrondissement Press. Sally Carr lives in Wiltshire. Published in the literary press. She won the Bridport Prize and the Kent and Sussex Open. Two collections: Electrons on Bonfire Night, 1997, and Handing on the Genes, 2003, both from Rockingham. Aidan Andrew Dun. Vale Royal (1995), Universal (2002), The Uninhabitable City (2005), all from Goldmark of Uppingham. Michael Eaude. Latest book, Catalonia, History & Culture (Signal, June 2007). Michael Foley has published four novels, four collections of poetry, and a collection of translations of French poetry. Poetry, Autumn Beguiles the Fatalist (Blackstaff 2006). Peter Gilbert is the author of the comic novel Laughter in a Dark Wood. Yvonne Green has published her poems in Areté, Poetry Review, Modern Poetry in Translation, P.E.N., Jewish Quarterly, Cumberland Poetry Review (USA), Cimarron Review (USA), and read them on Radio 4. John Greening recently completed a short book about Ted Hughes. His new collection of poetry Iceland Spar will appear in 2008. Currently writing a study of Thomas Hardy’s poetry. Desmond Hogan. Stories in The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2006-7, edited by David Marcus; New Writing 14, Granta, selected by Lavinia Greenlaw & Helon Habila. He is reading at The Winding Stair Bookstore, 40 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, 28th June 2007. Glyn Hughes. Poetry Book Society Recommendation, Guardian Fiction Prize, Welsh Arts Council Poetry Prize. Short-listed for the Whitbread and James Tait Black Prizes. Poetry, Dancing Out of the Dark Side (Shoestring 2005). http://www.glyn-hughes.co.uk Barry Langley has written poetry for 40 years. ‘By the Pool’ is his first published poem. He lives with his wife and daughter in Barnes, having spent his life working in the film industry. R.B. Kitaj, artist. Peter Lee-Wright is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, London. Andrew Marstrand lives in London. Poetry in Magma, Poetry Nottingham, and How Do I Love Thee? Prizes and commendations in eight national or international competitions. Also an artist. Simon Martin is Assistant Curator at Pallant House Gallery. He is the author of Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art (2007). Ronald McGillicuddy lives in London. Master’s degree from Roehampton University in literature & politics of the Romantic period. Independent fingerprint expert. Writes on forensic matters. His article ‘John Scott and the Early Days of The London Magazine’ appeared in The London Magazine February/March 2006. Gregory Norminton lives in Edinburgh. Author of three novels, Ship of Fools (Sceptre 2001), Arts & Wonders (2004), Ghost Portrait (2005). His fourth, Serious Things, forthcoming from Sceptre in 2008. http://www.gregorynorminton.co.uk Thomas Ország-Land, b 1938, poet and foreign correspondent. He survived the 1944/45 siege of Budapest as a Jewish child hiding from both the Nazis and the Allied bombers. He has published six books of verse, both original and translations. Michelle O’Sullivan lives on the west coast of Ireland. Work in The Interpreter’s House, Sunday Tribune, The Shop, Cyphers, Mobius, Mslexia, PNReview. William Oxley. Recent study of his work, The Romantic Imagination: A William Oxley Casebook (Poetry Salzburg 2005). Poetry, Namasti: Nepal Poems (Hearing Eye 2004), London Visions (bluechrome 2005), Poems Antibes (Rockingham 2007). Edmund Prestwich grew up in South Africa. He teaches English at The Manchester Grammar School and has published one volume of poetry, Through the Window. Anne Redmon FRSL. American by birth, British by adoption. Married to Benedict Nightingale. Published 7 novels, the latest In Denial (Maia Press). Oliver Reynolds is an usher at the Royal Opera House. His last book of poems was Almost (1999). Eva Tucker’s most recent novel is Berlin Mosaic (Starhaven 2005). John Whitworth. Writing Poetry (A & C Black). Forthcoming Being the Bad Guy (Peterloo 2007). Gregory Warren Wilson lives in London and Venice. His third collection, Jeopardy, was published by Enitharmon in 2003. He performs internationally as a classical violinist. Christopher P. Wood, b 1961, painter. Vassilis Zambaras spent 25 years in the US before returning to Greece in 1972. His poetry has appeared in Poetry Salzburg Review, Mobius, & co.
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