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Correspondences by Anne Michaels – review
Written as an elegy for the writer's father, Correspondences is a beautiful object – concertinaed pages of portraits and poetry containing a precise and bittersweet melancholyThere is pleasure to be...
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Poem of the week: An Hymn to Humanity by Phillis Wheatley
A tribute to humanity and artistic self-discovery in a time of slavery from the first published African-American womanThis week's poem, "An Hymn to Humanity" by the African-American poet Phillis...
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Sophie Hannah's top 10 pageturners
The bestselling thriller writer picks 10 addictive reads - from crime to poetry, all guaranteed to be unputdownableLast night I finished reading the excellent One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha...
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Writing in the Dark by Richard Caddel: a quiet contemplation of night
Written at night on a backlit handheld screen, Caddel's final collection of poems is infused with a love of the worldSometime in the late 1990s, the poet Richard Caddel got his hands on a PDA – a Psion...
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Letter: Maurice Cockrill obituary
I met the painter Maurice Cockrill one evening in April 1968 in O'Connor's, the pub that had become the hub of the Liverpool poetry scene. He was then living in a room on the first floor at 64 Canning...
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Christmas Day by Paul Durcan: delicate, courteous, cordial
Reader Claire McAlpine finds kindness and forgiveness in a book-length poem set on 'the feast of St Loneliness'This book-length poem is the antithesis of traditional Christmas cheer and will appeal to...
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Readers' books of the year 2013: part 1
From Sebastian Faulks's Jeeves and the Wedding Bells to Patrick Ness's More Than This to Alan Johnson's This Boy, Guardian readers pick their favourite reads of 2013Chris Allen, Buckingham Burial Rites...
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John Crace's satirical Digested read columns have become a Guardian institution, reducing the most newsworthy books of the year to an essential 600 words.Here, he looks at just one year of the TS...
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The departed: Seamus Heaney and Lou Reed, the cultural heroes I lost in 2013
The death of the Velvet Underground leader stole a musical icon, but that of the poet felt like a more personal lossTwo of my real, heart-held culture heroes died in 2013. Lou Reed was the soundtrack...
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Readers' books of the year 2013: part 2
From Lionel Shriver's Big Brother to Jim Crace's Harvest, and from Ruth Rendell's No Man's Nightingale to Iain Banks' The Quarry, Guardian readers pick their favourite reads of 2013Richard Gilyead,...
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Readers' books of the year 2013: part 3
From The Burning Ground by Roselle Angwin to JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy, Guardian readers pick their favourite reads of 2013Chris Noakes, Totnes, South DevonThe Burning Groundby Roselle Angwin...
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Edward Lear's The New Vestments: the artistry of an extraordinary suit
A nonsensical poem about the defrocking of a proud old man provides narrative fun and psychological food for thoughtThis week's poem, The New Vestments by Edward Lear, provides, like all Lear's...
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Why the Pablo Neruda 'poisoning' saga rolls on
Toxicology tests appear to have conclusively proved that the Chilean poet died of natural causes – but his driver and some of his family are demanding further investigation, maintaining he was murdered...
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Cécile Nobrega obituary
My mother, Cécile Nobrega, who has died aged 94, was an accomplished classical composer (her piece Twilight has been sung by many national choirs), poet, sculptor and educator.In the 1990s, she started...
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2014 in books: turn over a new leaf
The return of Sherlock on TV, Wolf Hall at the RSC and Lord of the Flies: the ballet – plus new books from Dave Eggers, Sarah Waters, Stephen King and many moreJanuary | February | March | April | May...
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Poster poems: Anniversaries
For the 100th Poster poems, we look back at 10 of the most popular blogs in the series and invite entries on a commemorative themeThe first Poster poems blog was posted on 28 March 2008. It was a bit...
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Rhythm is the key to good sex: why leading poet is launching anthology of...
From Catullus to Daniel Craig and Marvell to Wendy Cope, a new volume will gather the most lyrical celebrations of human passionIs it easier to write about coupling in rhyming couplets than lines of...
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Dylan Thomas centenary: South Wales gets ready to welcome the world
Influx of visitors expected in 100th year since birth of poet and hellraiser, who died in 1953 at the age of 39The bookshops are stocking up, the hotels undergoing spring-cleans and the pubs preparing...
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Poem of the week: Gerard Manley Hopkins translates Horace
The young writer's version of the classical lyric poet is inflected with the eccentric innovation that marked his own workBesides the dazzling original poetry for which he's celebrated, Gerard Manley...
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Nathan Filer wins Costa first novel award with The Shock of the Fall
Novel, described as 'one of the best books about mental health', goes on to compete for overall prizeNathan Filer still does the odd Sunday shift as a registered mental health nurse, although they may...
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