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Peter Riley

Peter Riley lives in retirement in Cambridge, having been a teacher, lecturer, bookseller, and a few other things. He is the author of many books of poetry, and some of prose concerning travel and music. His latest book is The Glacial Stairway (Carcanet, 2011).

Peter Riley's work featured in PN Review comprises six reports, five contributions of poetry, and 20 reviews, over a period of 33 years. Also available are eight reviews of Peter Riley's work.
Further Reading
Subscribers only Reviewed by Geoffrey Ward in PN Review 37 (1984) on Grossetest Books
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 51 (1986) on Wendy Cope
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 53 (1987) on Anthony Barnett
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 53 (1987) on Douglas Oliver
Subscribers only Report in PN Review 58 (1987) Response to Poetry Live
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 63 (1988) on Douglas Oliver and Anthony Barnett
Subscribers only Report in PN Review 69 (1989) Report from Cambridge
Subscribers only Poetry Collection in PN Review 102 (1995) The Translations of St Columba's Sea-Watch
Subscribers only Poetry Collection in PN Review 138 (2001) Alstonefield: first 8 stanzas of Part VI
Subscribers only Report in PN Review 144 (2002) Letter from Transylvania
Subscribers only Reviewed by Kate Price in PN Review 152 (2003) on Edwin Morgan, Douglas Oliver, Drew Milne
Subscribers only Reviewed by David Kennedy in PN Review 156 (2004) on Peter Riley, Karen Mac Cormack, Christine Stewart and Sean Bonney
Subscribers only Reviewed by John Muckle in PN Review 156 (2004) on Peter Riley, Richard Caddel and Tony Baker
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 158 (2004) on Peter Gizzi
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 159 (2004) on W.S. Graham
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 161 (2005) on Kelvin Corcoran
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 162 (2005) on Ralph Hawkins and Colin Simms
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 163 (2005) on Robert Adamson
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 163 (2005) Short Notes
Subscribers only Reviewed by James Sutherland-Smith in PN Review 164 (2005) on John Fuller and Peter Riley
Subscribers only Report in PN Review 167 (2006) Matthew Mead: A Note
Subscribers only Report in PN Review 168 (2006) Dorian Cooke
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 169 (2006) on John Seed
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 171 (2006) on Tom Lowenstein
Subscribers only Poetry Collection in PN Review 174 (2007) The Glacial Stairway
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 180 (2008) on Peter Hughes
Subscribers only Report in PN Review 182 (2008) Andrew Crozier: An Appreciation
Subscribers only Poetry Collection in PN Review 183 (2008) 12 Cuban Instants
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 187 (2009) on Lee Harwood
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 188 (2009) on Pauline Stainer
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 192 (2010) on Thomas A. Clark
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 204 (2012) on Roy Fisher
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 206 (2012) on Rolf Dieter Brinkmann
Subscribers only Reviewed by Oliver Dixon in PN Review 208 (2012) on Peter Riley
Subscribers only Review in PN Review 217 (2014) on Thomas A. Clark
Subscribers only Reviewed by Kelvin Corcoran in PN Review 235 (2017) on Peter Riley’s Pennine Tales
Subscribers only Poetry Collection in PN Review 243 (2018) Five Poems from ‘Ring Cairns’
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