REVIEW: JANE COMMANE’S ‘ASSEMBLY LINES’

REVIEW: JANE COMMANE’S ‘ASSEMBLY LINES’

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INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS NYANDA FODAY

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS NYANDA FODAY

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INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS CASEY BAILEY

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS CASEY BAILEY

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS CASEY BAILEY   ADJUSTMENT BY CASEY BAILEY Verve Poetry Press ISBN 978-1912565023 £9.99/78 pages I have mastered the art of finding humour in my failure. I have come to know we all have gifts, that we all have limitations, and some...
INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ANTONY OWEN

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ANTONY OWEN

INTERVIEW: FIRE & DUST MEETS ANTONY OWEN   THE NAGASAKI ELDER BY ANTONY OWEN V-Press ISBN 978-0-9935508-2-9 £9.99/64 pages   “Shocking to read, but at the same time strangely beautiful and gentle […] relevant to our times, hard hitting, and brilliantly...
Interview: Fire & Dust Meets Adam Smith

Interview: Fire & Dust Meets Adam Smith

FIRE & DUST MEETS ADAM SMITH   2018 has been a good year for Adam Smith. After saying goodbye to his band, Speaking in Shadows, following eight successful years of song-writing and crowd-surfing, he put pen to paper for a different reason: to write poetry...