CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘NIPPLES’ BY BELAYIA

CLASSIFIED POETRY: ‘NIPPLES’ BY BELAYIA

  Nipples Belayia what’s the difference between yours and mine why must mine be censored why can you be topless on sunny afternoons without consequence whereas i cannot even go braless beneath a jumper without being subject to hungry eyes what makes yours so...
REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’

REVIEW: NAFEESA HAMID’S ‘BESHARAM’ BESHARAM BY NAFEESA HAMID Verve Poetry Press ISBN: 978-1 912565 05 4 £9.99/108 pages   Reviewed by Stella Backhouse What intrigues me most about Nafeesa Hamid’s début collection Besharam (One who is shameless) is the innovative...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS SOPHIE SPARHAM PLEASE MIND THE GAP BY SOPHIE SPARHAM A Way With Media Ltd Foreword: Benjamin Zephaniah £6.00/62 pages     How would you describe your work? What can people anticipate if they come to see a live Sophie Sparham...

Look Out for…The Blood House (review)

Featuring in the Blood and Water Issue: a review of ‘The Blood House’.     Keep an eye out in the upcoming issue of HCE for a review of this new collection from feminist poet Sarer Scotthorne. Adam Steiner explores his response to this pamphlet,...