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Robert Gavron 1930–2015 Michael Schmidt

Letter from Trinidad Vahni Capildeo

The Hamlet of the Bees,
translated by Alan Bernheimer, with poem-beehives by Alec Finlay Valery Larbaud

Octavio Paz: Aristocrat Anthony Rudolf

Letter from Wales Sam Adams

Anne Cluysenaar 1936–2014 Peter Davidson

To the Lighthouse: Reflections on Anne Carson and Yves Bonnefoy Martyn Crucefix

The Art of Non-criticism Rory Waterman

Trousers! Frank Kuppner

Poems

Two Poems, translated by Paul Muldoon René Char

Nothing On You Paul Muldoon

Bach in Autumn, translated by Marilyn Hacker Jean-Paul de Dadelsen

‘The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx’ and Other Poems Tara Bergin

Poems by Liviu Campanu, from The Ovid Complex Patrick McGuinness

from the Notebooks (1916–18), translated by Christopher Whyte Marina Tsvetaeva

‘Capable’ and Other Poems, translated by Ken Cockburn Christine Marendon

Two Poems, translated by Jamie Osborn Jan Wagner

Two Poems Alex Houen

‘Duet’ and Other Poems John Clegg

Two Poems Ed Kendall

‘Candle’ D.W. Brydon

‘The Boxer’ Michael Farrell

‘Burial of the Gravedigger’s Daughter’ and Other Poems Stanley Moss

‘Pilot Island’ John Wedgwood Clarke

‘Bugis Street’ and Other Poems Gerry Croft

‘Whilst Coming Up’ and Other Poems Nick Telfer

Essays

In Conversation with Paul Muldoon Adam Crothers

The Evolution of Irish Poetry John McAuliffe

Letter from Slovakia James Sutherland-Smith

Larkin: Nice and Nasty Grevel Lindop

Liberals: Carl Dennis and Richard Howard Stephanie (formerly Stephen) Burt

With the Cheated and the Weak: The Poetry of James Wright Tony Roberts

English Writers in Mexico between the Wars, Part Three: Evelyn Waugh and Malcolm Lowry Simon Carnell

Reviews

on The Poet’s Freedom by Susan Stewart Katy Price

on Show Me Your Environment by David Baker David Spittle

on Ian Seed Jeremy Over

on Simon Armitage Rachel Mann

on Blake Morrison Ned Denny

on Wendy Pollard’s Pamela Hansford Johnson Nicolas Tredell

Buttercup Festival

Buttercup Festival David Troupes

Inside Front Cover

Pictures from a Library 20:
William Mumler’s Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Stella Halkyard

Inside Back Cover

Vestiges 14: Cyril B. Rootham Adam Crothers

PN Review 223

Volume 41 Number 5 May - June 2015

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	PN Review 223 Volume 41 Number 5 May - June 2015 Cover image: Alec Finlay with Jack Lowe, sky-wheel: colour specification, 2007–2008. Editorial News & Notes Reports Robert Gavron 1930–2015 Michael Schmidt Letter from Trinidad Vahni Capildeo The Hamlet of the Bees, translated by Alan Bernheimer, with poem-beehives by Alec Finlay Valery Larbaud Octavio Paz: Aristocrat Anthony Rudolf Letter from Wales Sam Adams Anne Cluysenaar 1936–2014 Peter Davidson To the Lighthouse: Reflections on Anne Carson and Yves Bonnefoy Martyn Crucefix The Art of Non-criticism Rory Waterman Trousers! Frank Kuppner Poems Two Poems, translated by Paul Muldoon René Char Nothing On You Paul Muldoon Bach in Autumn, translated by Marilyn Hacker Jean-Paul de Dadelsen ‘The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx’ and Other Poems Tara Bergin Poems by Liviu Campanu, from The Ovid Complex Patrick McGuinness from the Notebooks (1916–18), translated by Christopher Whyte Marina Tsvetaeva ‘Capable’ and Other Poems, translated by Ken Cockburn Christine Marendon Two Poems, translated by Jamie Osborn Jan Wagner Two Poems Alex Houen ‘Duet’ and Other Poems John Clegg Two Poems Ed Kendall ‘Candle’ D.W. Brydon ‘The Boxer’ Michael Farrell ‘Burial of the Gravedigger’s Daughter’ and Other Poems Stanley Moss ‘Pilot Island’ John Wedgwood Clarke ‘Bugis Street’ and Other Poems Gerry Croft ‘Whilst Coming Up’ and Other Poems Nick Telfer Essays In Conversation with Paul Muldoon Adam Crothers The Evolution of Irish Poetry John McAuliffe Letter from Slovakia James Sutherland-Smith Larkin: Nice and Nasty Grevel Lindop Liberals: Carl Dennis and Richard Howard Stephanie (formerly Stephen) Burt With the Cheated and the Weak: The Poetry of James Wright Tony Roberts English Writers in Mexico between the Wars, Part Three: Evelyn Waugh and Malcolm Lowry Simon Carnell Reviews on The Poet’s Freedom by Susan Stewart Katy Price on Show Me Your Environment by David Baker David Spittle on Ian Seed Jeremy Over on Simon Armitage Rachel Mann on Blake Morrison Ned Denny on Wendy Pollard’s Pamela Hansford Johnson Nicolas Tredell Buttercup Festival Buttercup Festival David Troupes Inside Front Cover Pictures from a Library 20: William Mumler’s Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln Stella Halkyard Inside Back Cover Vestiges 14: Cyril B. Rootham Adam Crothers PN Review 223 Volume 41 Number 5 May - June 2015
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