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PN Review 285 is here! See below for some highlights…
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On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
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Poets Who Stopped: Lynnette Roberts
Join us as we explore the life and work of poet Lynnette Roberts, delving into why she stopped writing and the impact of her legacy.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
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Early start interpreting at the eye hospital. Reading Ned Denny’s envigorating versions in @pnreview.bsky.social while two old chaps discuss how ‘brown bread turns you out nicely. Surprisingly quickly actually.’
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Early start interpreting at the eye hospital. Reading Ned Denny’s envigorating versions in @pnreview.bsky.social while two old chaps discuss how ‘brown bread turns you out nicely. Surprisingly quickly actually.’
This week from the archive: an excerpt from Natalia Ginzburg's article 'Portrait of a Friend' published in PN Review 40, November - December 1984.
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Portrait of a Friend by Natalia Ginzburg (translated by Dick Davis)
PN Review 40, November - December 1984
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November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week from the archive: an excerpt from Natalia Ginzburg's article 'Portrait of a Friend' published in PN Review 40, November - December 1984.
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If I can just make this one thing not die,
the clappers in the loft will stop their murders.'
From Joseph Minden's poem 'Alfriston Clergy House', published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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the clappers in the loft will stop their murders.'
From Joseph Minden's poem 'Alfriston Clergy House', published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If I can just make this one thing not die,
the clappers in the loft will stop their murders.'
From Joseph Minden's poem 'Alfriston Clergy House', published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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the clappers in the loft will stop their murders.'
From Joseph Minden's poem 'Alfriston Clergy House', published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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This week from the archive: Two Poems by Wisława Szymborska, translated by John & Bogdana Carpenter and published in PN Review 26, July - August 1982.
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Two Poems by Wisława Szymborska, translated by John & Bogdana Carpenter
PN Review 26, July - August 1982
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This week from the archive: Two Poems by Wisława Szymborska, translated by John & Bogdana Carpenter and published in PN Review 26, July - August 1982.
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'Waves foam and pitch, cross-hatched with the annual flickering of shearwaters.'
From 'Writings for Brear' by Horatio Morpurgo, published in PN Review 285.⭐
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From 'Writings for Brear' by Horatio Morpurgo, published in PN Review 285.⭐
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November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
'Waves foam and pitch, cross-hatched with the annual flickering of shearwaters.'
From 'Writings for Brear' by Horatio Morpurgo, published in PN Review 285.⭐
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From 'Writings for Brear' by Horatio Morpurgo, published in PN Review 285.⭐
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My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
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PN Review Print and Online Poetry Magazine - Remarkable Coincidences - Rory Waterman - PN Review 286
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November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My comment, for @pnreview.bsky.social, on the Len Pennie & Sarah Doyle affair - or Canongagegate, as I like to think of it. Honourable mentions: @naush.bsky.social, @thetimes.com.
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This week's Substack: an excerpt from Francesca Brooks' article 'A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts', published in our recent PN Review 285, September - October 2025.
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A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts by Francesa Brooks
PN Review 285, September - October 2025
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This week's Substack: an excerpt from Francesca Brooks' article 'A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts', published in our recent PN Review 285, September - October 2025.
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'There was something mysterious and compelling about this piece of writing's very existence. '
Francesca Brooks' article on following in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts. From PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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Francesca Brooks' article on following in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts. From PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'There was something mysterious and compelling about this piece of writing's very existence. '
Francesca Brooks' article on following in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts. From PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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This week from the archive: an excerpt from Thomas A Clark's interview with Alice Tarbuck, published in PN Review 229, May - June 2016.
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Thomas A Clark in conversation with Alice Tarbuck
PN Review 229, May - June 2016
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'All our own fires
too, will someday
go out.'
From Stephanie Burt's poem 'Eclipse' published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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too, will someday
go out.'
From Stephanie Burt's poem 'Eclipse' published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
'All our own fires
too, will someday
go out.'
From Stephanie Burt's poem 'Eclipse' published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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too, will someday
go out.'
From Stephanie Burt's poem 'Eclipse' published in PN Review 285, our latest edition.
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This week from the archive: an excerpt from Evan Jones' article 'We need to talk about Canada' published in PN Review 211, May - June 2013.
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We Need to Talk About Canada by Evan Jones
PN Review 211, May - June 2013
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This week from the archive: an excerpt from Evan Jones' article 'We need to talk about Canada' published in PN Review 211, May - June 2013.
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'His unique blend of body horror, childish babble and pastoral utopia, however, remains as striking today as ever.'
Fred Warren reviewing Nikolai Zabolotsky in PNR 285, our latest edition.
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Fred Warren reviewing Nikolai Zabolotsky in PNR 285, our latest edition.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
'His unique blend of body horror, childish babble and pastoral utopia, however, remains as striking today as ever.'
Fred Warren reviewing Nikolai Zabolotsky in PNR 285, our latest edition.
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Fred Warren reviewing Nikolai Zabolotsky in PNR 285, our latest edition.
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This week from the archive: an excerpt from Mimi Khalvati's interview with Vicky Bertram, published in PN Review 130, November - December 1999.
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Mimi Khalvati in conversation with Vicki Bertram
PN Review 130, November - December 1999
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'What was coming of age in the fifties really like? No story is more repeatedly misconstrued.'
From Marjorie Perloff's 'My 1950s', published in PN Review 285.
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From Marjorie Perloff's 'My 1950s', published in PN Review 285.
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'What was coming of age in the fifties really like? No story is more repeatedly misconstrued.'
From Marjorie Perloff's 'My 1950s', published in PN Review 285.
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From Marjorie Perloff's 'My 1950s', published in PN Review 285.
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In honour of the late Tony Harrison, his poem 'A Kumquat for John Keats' is featured this week on our Substack. The poem was originally published in PN Review 21, November - December 1981.
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Mimi Khalvati in conversation with Vicki Bertram
PN Review 130, November - December 1999
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October 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In honour of the late Tony Harrison, his poem 'A Kumquat for John Keats' is featured this week on our Substack. The poem was originally published in PN Review 21, November - December 1981.
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'Are male same-sex abusers also musers
on the exchange they 'knew to be consensual?'
From 'Unlovely, but', one of the poems written by Carol Rumens for our most recent PN Review.
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on the exchange they 'knew to be consensual?'
From 'Unlovely, but', one of the poems written by Carol Rumens for our most recent PN Review.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Are male same-sex abusers also musers
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From 'Unlovely, but', one of the poems written by Carol Rumens for our most recent PN Review.
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on the exchange they 'knew to be consensual?'
From 'Unlovely, but', one of the poems written by Carol Rumens for our most recent PN Review.
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October 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A photo of me reading from ‘Men of the Same Name’ at the @pnreview.bsky.social event, Castlefield Gallery.
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This week's Substack: an excerpt from Sinéad Morrisey's article 'God's Day', published in our most recent edition PN Review 285, September - October 2025.
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God's Day by Sinéad Morrissey
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