The London Magazine - December / January 2004 by Sebastian Barker

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The London Magazine - December / January 2004 by Sebastian Barker

The autobiography of Odysseus Elytis. Anne Stevenson reviews new scholarship on Shakespeare's tragedies; Angus Calder on Robert Burns; Francis King considers the theatrical life of Lorca. Jeremy Reed and Neil Powell remember the short life of Adam Johnson. Fiction by Nina Rootes, Kate Frost, and Stephen Mark Cox. Poetry by Éva Láng, John Fuller, Roger McGough, Hilary Llewellyn-Williams, Stephen Newman, & others.

FICTION
Nina Rootes, 'The Tree'
Kate Frost, 'Sweet Experience'
Stephen Mark Cox, 'The Hoofer's Tale'

POETRY
John Fuller, 'Happy'
Éva Láng (translated by Thomas Land), 'Hungry'
Hilary Llewellyn-Williams, 'Out With My Broomstick'
Peter Abbs, 'Agon' & 'Seiltänzer'
Roger McGough, 'Pay-Back Time' & 'To Religion (An Address)'
Judith Kazantzis, 'Renvyle'
Four short poems by Ayelet McKenzie
Sue Hubbard, 'Bat'
Stephen Newman, 'Pubs'

FEATURES
Three sculptures by Sophie Dickens
Odysseus Elytis (translated by Paschalis Nikolaou), 'An Oral Self-Portrait'
Leslie Schenk, 'Reigning Cats and Dogs'
Neil Powell, 'Adam Johnson: Becoming a Poet'
Jeffrey Joseph on Norman Lebrecht

REVIEWS
Angus Calder on Richard Burns
Jeremy Reed on Adam Johnson
Shaun Traynor on Patrick Galvin
James W. Wood on Anna Reid
David Kennedy on Dick Davis, Robert Friend, Dennis O'Driscoll, & Eileán Ní Chuillenáin
Simon Darragh on Giuseppe Ungharetti
Francis King on Gwynne Edwards & Federico García Lorca
Adrian Buckner on Alan Wall
Duncan Bush on Joseph Roth
Anne Stevenson on 'Shakespeare's Tragic Skepticism'

Peter Abbs, professor of Creative Writing at the University of Sussex. Editor of Earth Songs, an anthology of eco-poetry.
Adrian Buckner, b Twickenham 1962. WEA tutor. Publishes in the literary press.
Duncan Bush lives in Blaschette in Luxembourg. Poetry Midway (Seren).
Angus Calder, poet, historian, & literary critic, lives in Edinburgh. Recent book Gods, Mongrels & Demons: 101 Brief but Essential Lives (Bloomsbury)
Steven Mark Cox, b Kensington 1964. Lives in south London. This is his first published fiction.
Simon Darragh, poet & translator, lives on the Greek island of Alonnisos.
Sophie Dickens, b 1966. Sir John Cass School of Art, Whitechapel, Prize for Sculpture 1992. First solo show, London autumn 2003, The McHardy Sculpture Company, Shad Thames.
Odysseus Elytis, 1911-1996, Nobel Prize for literature 1979. The text is the first publication of a translation of an oral document made by Elytis for a documentary film about him by Greek state television in the early 80s. Paschalis Nikolaou, b Alexandropolis 1979. Completing a doctoral thesis at the University of East Anglia.
Kate Frost, b Bristol 1977. Writes fiction and articles for QFW, Peninsular, and New Welsh Review.
John Fuller. Collected Poems 1996, New and for a Time 1996 short-listed for the Forward Prize, new collection Ghosts 2004.
Sue Hubbard, first Public Art Poet of The Poetry Society, art columnist for The Independent, twice winner of the London Writers' Competition, is published by Enitharmon.
Jeffrey Joseph has contributed to most of the leading musical periodicals. He teaches at Trinity College of Music and New York State University.
Judith Kazantzis. Her poetry is published by Enitharmon.
David Kennedy is a Royal Literary Fellow in Academic Writing. Publications include The President of Earth: New & Selected Poems (Salt).
Francis King, over 40 books, the latest The Nick of Time a novel, published in his 81st year. He is a former International President of PEN.
Éva Láng, b 1926, Hungarian Holocaust survivor, four slim volumes of poetry. Thomas Land, foreign correspondent, translator of The Witness by Miklós Radnóti.
Hilary Llewellyn-Williams. Poetry Greenland (Seren 2003), forthcoming review by Paul Groves. Co-editor of Scintilla.
Roger McGough's first book of poems appeared in 1967. Collected Poems (Penguin 2003). A Freeman of the City of Liverpool, he was awarded the OBE in 1997 for services to poetry.
Ayelet McKenzie, b Israel 1957, is a voluntary worker for Furness Carers. Poetry published in the literary press. First collection The Patient is Disappointing (Tidefall Press 1999).
Stephen Newman lectured in English Literature at Liverpool University for 18 years. Writes for the New Statesman and the TLS. Published two books on Dickens.
Neil Powell's books include Roy Fuller: Writer & Society (1995), Selected Poems (1998).
Jeremy Reed lives in London. Recent books Heartbreak Hotel (Orion) and Boy Caesar (Peter Owen).
Nina Rootes, ex-Ballet Rambert, publishes short stories and has won awards for literary translations. She lives in Ludlow.
Leslie Schenk returned to his writing career after UN service around the world. 120 stories, poems, essays, and book reviews published in the UK and USA.
Stelios Skopelitis lives in Athens. Recent book of photographs and poetry.
Anne Stevenson. Inaugural winner of the Northern Rock Writers' Award. Poetry A Report from the Border (Bloodaxe 2003).
Shaun Traynor is a Northern Irish poet and children's novelist. He lives in Kilburn.
James W. Wood reviews for Poetry Review, Scotland on Sunday. Poetry The Emigrant's Farewell (2004).

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