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PN Review 242

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The July-August 2018 issue

Simon Armitage’s Oxford Lecture on Elizabeth Bishop

Two previously unpublished essays by Anthony Burgess

John Clegg discovers the real characters behind the pub scene in Eliot’s The Waste Land

Vahni Capildeo picks up Kei Miller’s “hot potato” from the previous issue

New poems by Les Murray

New poems and translations from Israel, Korea, Spain and Holland

and more...

Michael Schmidt FRSL, poet, scholar, critic and translator, was born in Mexico in 1947; he studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford, before settling in England. Among his many publications are several collections of poems and a novel, The Colonist (1981), about a boy’s childhood in Mexico. He is general ... read more

Awards won by Michael Schmidt Winner, 2016 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem - Sasha Dugdale's 'Joy', published in PN Review 227 (PN Review 227 )

Praise for Michael Schmidt 'Its pleasures are longer term ones: as you return to it and re-read its substantial selections, you come to appreciate how and what each contributor is working on.'

Jane Routh, The North 66

'...this is the joy of New Poetries VIII: time and again you discover refreshing and compelling new styles and subjects'

Jake Morris-Campbell, The Poetry School

'...probably the most informative and entertaining poetry journal in the English-speaking world.'
John Ashbery 'The most engaged, challenging and serious-minded of all the UK's poetry magazines.'
Simon Armitage 'It has attempted to take poetry out of the backwaters of intellectual life and to find in it again the crucial index of cultural health.'
Cairns Craig, Times Literary Supplement

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PN Review 242 Edited by Michael Schmidt Series: PN Review Categories: 20th Century, 21st Century, American, Anthologies, Art, Australian, BAME, British, Canadian, Caribbean, Dutch, Greek, Humour, Indian, Irish, Jewish, Language, Latin American, LGBTQ+, Memoirs, New Zealand, Scottish, Spanish and Catalan, Translation, Welsh, Women Imprint: PN Review Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Digital access available through Exact Editions Description Editor Awards Reviews The July-August 2018 issue Simon Armitage’s Oxford Lecture on Elizabeth Bishop Two previously unpublished essays by Anthony Burgess John Clegg discovers the real characters behind the pub scene in Eliot’s The Waste Land Vahni Capildeo picks up Kei Miller’s “hot potato” from the previous issue New poems by Les Murray New poems and translations from Israel, Korea, Spain and Holland and more... Michael Schmidt FRSL, poet, scholar, critic and translator, was born in Mexico in 1947; he studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford, before settling in England. Among his many publications are several collections of poems and a novel, The Colonist (1981), about a boy’s childhood in Mexico. He is general ... read more Awards won by Michael Schmidt Winner, 2016 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem - Sasha Dugdale's 'Joy', published in PN Review 227 (PN Review 227 ) Praise for Michael Schmidt 'Its pleasures are longer term ones: as you return to it and re-read its substantial selections, you come to appreciate how and what each contributor is working on.' *Jane Routh, The North* 66** '...this is the joy of New Poetries VIII: time and again you discover refreshing and compelling new styles and subjects' Jake Morris-Campbell, The Poetry School '...probably the most informative and entertaining poetry journal in the English-speaking world.' John Ashbery 'The most engaged, challenging and serious-minded of all the UK's poetry magazines.' Simon Armitage 'It has attempted to take poetry out of the backwaters of intellectual life and to find in it again the crucial index of cultural health.' Cairns Craig, Times Literary Supplement	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog Why Are You Shouting?: James Womack read more Sidetracks: Bei Dao, translated by Jeffrey Yang read more Polkadot Wounds: Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo read more Ambush at Still Lake: Caroline Bird read more On a New Blue Poets Plaque: E.J. Scovell by Michael Schmidt read more Mary O'Malley: The Shark Nursery read more
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PN Review 242

Edited by Michael Schmidt