The Greenwood Poet by Lancelot Schaubert | Book Review

Lancelot Schaubert’s The Greenwood Poet is a poetry collection exploring a plethora of themes, from the uniqueness and complexity of nature, love, and the human experience to divinity, history and even loss. Although varied in terms of subject matter and tone, the poems are, at least to a certain degree, united by a sense of … Continue reading The Greenwood Poet by Lancelot Schaubert | Book Review

Enough Rope by Dorothy Parker | Book Review

Enough Rope is Dorothy Parker’s debut poetry collection and is vastly centred around “the pretensions of everyday life and clichéd relations between men and women”. Essentially, it embodies a very specific kind of humour and views that back then, in the early 1920s, were fairly controversial. Focusing mostly on power dynamics and gender roles, Dorothy … Continue reading Enough Rope by Dorothy Parker | Book Review

Death the Barber by William Carlos Williams | Book Review

William Carlos Williams’ poetry volume, Death the Barber, is probably one of those collections that I will remember for a while and most likely return to. As I am writing poetry myself, his poems represent a source of inspiration.

The Beautiful Librarians by Sean O’Brien | Book Review

The Beautiful Librarians by Sean O’Brien is a poetry collection designed to be a celebration of “unsung but central figures in our culture, often overlooked by both capital and official account”. Some lyrical, some thought-provoking, some rather confusing and lacking a proper meaning, O’Brien’s poems are considered to be the embodiment of a lifetime of … Continue reading The Beautiful Librarians by Sean O’Brien | Book Review

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James | Book Review

Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is a gothic novella revolving around an unnamed young governess sent to a country house to take care of Miles and Flora, two orphans, who finds herself entangled in a rather bizarre and unsettling situation. Considered by many the “the greatest ghost story ever written”, James’ novella is … Continue reading The Turn of the Screw by Henry James | Book Review

The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott | Book Review

The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott is an anthology of more than 100 poems from the renowned author many of us celebrate for Little Women, which I have reviewed in the past. This anthology was sent to me by Libris in exchange for a review. Louisa May Alcott is obviously one of my favourite classic … Continue reading The Poetry of Louisa May Alcott | Book Review