The nature of poetry has evolved since the innovation of free verse and now should allow vast latitude of expression. Too many self-appointed guardians of the realm of poetry presume to righteously define the boundaries valid for exploration, arbitrarily excluding … Continue reading
Can you tell us about your collection, Grenade Genie? Grenade Genie, published by Fly on the Wall Press, is very much a book for people who want to read poetry that engages with, and says something about, the world in … Continue reading
The last year has been tough for many people. Whilst I have struggled to write, I have been able to take advantage of a lot of online readings and performances. Has the pandemic changed your creativity or the way you … Continue reading
As a teen, I wore a T-shirt quoting Chief Seattle. ‘The Earth isour mother,’ it said. ‘Man did not weave the web of life; he ismerely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does tohimself.’ Looking … Continue reading
Photo credit: Claire Faulkner Breath ‘All-round inner and outer good health Rate higher Ann than bad wealth Feeling fine in fresh air I feel rapture Science now onto carbon capture Though storage or dispersal problematic’. ‘Grandad, Mother Nature’s got her … Continue reading
‘You disappeared in the autumn of 1982, when the leaves switched their wardrobe from green to burnished brown, and our mother made great pots of jam from the fruit we picked in the garden. I was twelve, with clumsy clothes … Continue reading
Dr. Susie Gharib is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde.Her poetry and fiction have appeared in The Curlew, A New Ulster,Straylight Magazine, Down in the Dirt, The Ink Pantry, thePennsylvania Literary Journal, Mad Swirl, Leaves of Ink, the AvalonLiterary … Continue reading
Congratulations on your debut poetry pamphlet, Apple Water-Povel Panni, published by Hedgehog Press, which was previewed at the Ledbury Poetry Festival in 2018. Your collection is based on your Romany family. Can you please tell us more? I have been … Continue reading
Niall Bourke’s poetry novel Did You Put The Weasels Out? was a hard one to review … because there were so many lines that I wanted to quote that I nearly ended up quoting the whole darn thing! I confess that I … Continue reading
You are a Mumbai based senior academic, critic, literary editor, and author, with 19 published books. Tell us about your literary journey. How did it all begin? Right from early childhood, I was interested in fine arts. Both mother and … Continue reading