The Land Beneath Our Feet: Return of a Native by Vron Ware Review
Alex Brent reviews Vron Ware's rumination on local history and the role of place in identity
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lit
- Nov 2, 2022
- 3 min
Nona Fernández’ Secret Dimensions: A review of The Twilight Zone and Space Invaders
by Beth Holmes "Emerging from the surreal atmosphere and fragmentary structures of these books is akin to waking from a nightmare." Years...
- Oct 18, 2022
- 6 min
Meet Sweatshop Literacy Movement
by Samantha Haran Sweatshop adopts bell hooks’ notion that social justice can be progressed through literacy; that through reading,...
- May 12, 2022
- 4 min
ENDLESS SKY Winner - Michael Imossan
Michael Imossan talks about the inspiration behind his poem 'Lost at sea' which won the RAR Endless Sky poetry competition.
- May 6, 2022
- 1 min
ENDLESS SKY Runner-Up - Emily Cotman
Emily Cotman's 'meet me in the jet stream' wins the runner-up position in the RAR ENDLESS SKY competition.
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
Please Miss by Grace Lavery: A Review
Bethany Holmes reviews Grace Lavery's unique and irreverent memoir of trans identity, autofiction, and queer philosophy
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
In The Round-Robin with David Longworth
An interview with David Longworth on his round-robin poetry project that he created with attendees of the 2021 The World Transformed.
- Sep 21, 2021
- 6 min
“Poetry Does Nothing.” In conversation with Anthony Anaxagorou
by Gaia Lamperti "The world is not straight. The world is not readable. The world is not logical." Anthony Anaxagorou thinks of poetry in...
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Thirty Years A Junglist
Oliver Walkden reviews Repeater's reissued rave classic 'Junglist', tracing the history of jungle music and its radical roots
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
A BLOOD CONDITION | In Conversation With Poet Kayo Chingonyi
Our Literature Editor Jessie Jones spoke to Kayo Chingonyi about his new poetry collection A Blood Condition.
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
Screen to Page: The Woman in the Window
Rachel Tanner writes her poem "What You See Isn't What You Get" in response to the 2021 film "The Woman in the Window".
- Jun 7, 2021
- 1 min
Tender Buttons #5: Thin Places
we chat to writer Kerri ní Dochartaigh about her new book Thin Places (Canongate) and its powerful weaving of memoir, history, and folklore.
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
Tender Buttons #3: Flesh, Meat and Fighting the Guerrilla Culture War
We chat to writer Huw Lemmey about queer desire, shame, a politics of bodily love and ways to fight the British culture war.
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
Tender Buttons #2: Slippery Desires
For Tender Buttons' second episode, they spoke to writer Catherine Madden about form, sexuality, and childhood.
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
'Telephone Voices' Winner: 'ghosts'
Our first poetry competition, 'Telephone Voices', has come to an end - and we're very excited to reveal the winner.
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- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
Telephone Voices: 'You are number [ ] in the queue'
by Matthew Magill Telephone Voices has come to a close and marks the first of Radical Art Review’s creative writing competitions. We...
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Telephone Voices: 'a gaslighter sighs on the other end'
by Matthew Magill Telephone Voices has come to a close and marks the first of Radical Art Review’s creative writing competitions. We...
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Lost Amongst the Noise: Lesley Chow's You're History Reviewed
Repeater Books' latest seeks to debunk our misunderstanding of the magnetism of pop music.
- Feb 18, 2021
- 7 min
How Poetry Stayed Afloat During Lockdown
Where do the poets go when the pubs are shut? Georgia Preece explores how poetry has thrived online during the COVID pandemic.
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Pedalling to Heaven: The Poetry of Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Sadiq is a Nigerian poet studying at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
- Jan 17, 2021
- 6 min
The Poetry of Black Lives Matter
A series of poetic responses to the #BlackLivesMatter movement with a discussion of each work from the artists.
- Jan 4, 2021
- 1 min
POEM: Rubble and Ashes
A poem about Palestine by Yanis Iqbal, an independent researcher and freelance writer based in Aligarh, India.
- Jan 1, 2021
- 5 min
Brexiting the Vampire Castle
by A.E. Beverley "In Oscan, a pre-Latin language of Southern Italy, ‘Brutus’ carries more associations: heavy, unwieldy, dull, dumb,...
- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Finding Comfort in Horror: Blue Light of the Screen Reviewed
by Billie Walker @billierwalker Horror is a woman’s genre. Women can be everything in horror that they cannot be in romance, action and...
- Nov 17, 2020
- 5 min
Teaching Empowerment: Youth Culture Power Reviewed
Anna Winham reviews Youth Culture Power by Jason Rawls and John Robinson, exploring hip hop pedagogy and the power of teaching.
- Oct 5, 2020
- 1 min
POEM: 'Anchorage'
Olúwádáre Pópóola is a 19-year old Nigerian poet. He writes from a city named by rocks and longs to see the world without discrimination.
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
POEM: 'We'
Alexander Billet is a writer, artist, and cultural critic, as well as the editor of the Locust Review and a writer for Jacobin.
- Sep 21, 2020
- 2 min
POEM: 'Verses of Rain'
Shama Jan is a student of literature at the University of Delhi, India. These days, she finds herself perplexed at the accident that she is.
- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
POEM: 'Molecular Fragments Of Solitude'
Semilore Kilaso is a Nigerian-born poet, a writer who loves to collect photographs of humans, architecture, wildlife, and landscape.
- Aug 28, 2020
- 4 min
Don't Leave Me Here: Reflecting on Tracey Emin
"The idea of being forced to be alone rather than choosing to be. This aspect of Emin's work has resonated throughout my life"
- Jun 10, 2020
- 1 min
A Covid Sonnet
by Natasha McDonagh "I hate the daft man who makes us a herd / And who gets the illness but not the pain" To my sister, the doctor Hurry...
- May 22, 2020
- 1 min
The Blinding Absence of Hope: Omair Bhat
by Niall Walker Omair Bhat is a poet from the Lolab Valley in India-occupied Kashmir. He describes his home as a 'military garrison', 'a...
- May 11, 2020
- 5 min
Considering Wretchedness: Covid Conversations with Nichola Smalley
As COVID-19 devastates the publishing industry, we caught up with translator Nichola Smalley to discuss her latest work.
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
My Mother's Milk
A poem about the dairy industry by Ken McGibney.
- Apr 7, 2020
- 5 min
Weeds That Blossom: Introducing Hippodrome Young Poets
Hippodrome Young Poets (HYP) is a Birmingham-based writing programme established “to support young poets in developing their writing style@.
- Mar 25, 2020
- 4 min
Why We Need a New Food System
At first, I laughed. COVID-19, an obscure irritation clogging up my news feed, suddenly became a reality on a post-work trip to Morrisons.
- Jan 23, 2020
- 6 min
Thoughts On Political Misanthropy
"Surely a mass extinction event is more of a reason to have children?!" Julian Langer considers voluntary human extinction.
- Nov 26, 2019
- 5 min
Mesodma: Living Amidst Mass Extinction
An eco-absurdist story of life between hope and despair, 'Mesodma' by Julian Langer is written for those living amidst mass extinction.
- Nov 15, 2019
- 5 min
Knights Of: Radical Inclusivity In The World Of Childrens' Publishing
If kids don't see themselves in a book, they won't think of writing one themselves. We sat down with radical childrens' publisher Knights Of
- Oct 28, 2019
- 1 min
it's hard to think on your own
Shaun Hill has shared his words with huddles of humans across the country, reading in beds, bars, and festivals. Here's his latest.
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
I would swallow all of this
Shaun Hill has shared his words with huddles of humans across the country, reading in beds, bars, and festivals like UK Young Artists' Takeo
- Aug 6, 2019
- 7 min
History, Magic and Resistance: In Conversation with Rosanne Rabinowitz
Resonance and Revolt is a collection of short stories written by Rosanne Rabinowitz over the past 11 years, and published by Eibonvale Press
- Jul 28, 2019
- 3 min
Awaiting the Third Disruption: Fully Automated Luxury Communism Reviewed
"Much of what Aaron Bastani discusses and proposes reflects what the Labour Party is already saying." Fully Automated Luxury Communism
- Jul 25, 2019
- 1 min
Toy Cars
Give us pause, don’t blink - Poetry by Tash.
- Mar 31, 2019
- 1 min
Kraken
"The pulse swallowed by the still black, The tremor sunk, Vacillates." by J.D.Reed.
- Mar 31, 2019
- 2 min
Men's Memory
"As fair as the moon, clear as the sun, as terrible as an army.’ by A. E. Beverley.
- Mar 31, 2019
- 1 min
Sowing Season
"The valley lies in anticipation for the pendulum swing of Saturn’s sickle— the signal of his harvest." by Oran Bailey.
- Mar 31, 2019
- 1 min
Visions of Eurydice in the Underworld (For Joanna)
A poem by Gibraltarian poet and musician, Gabriel Moreno.
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
Religions of the Commuter Belt: Sapiens Reviewed
Niall Walker reviews Yuval Noah Harari's bestseller, Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind.
- Mar 1, 2019
- 1 min
Rose://Thorn: Poem by Marquis Green
"And wonder just in a moment, If this memory will fade away like the ocean’s tide, Or if it will burn itself in like ink on a page."
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