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Reviews, Reviewees - K
Reviews, Reviewees - K
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A.M. Kabal (Bad Money) |
reviewed by Marghanita Laski (1987)
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Wassily Kadinsky (Sounds, translated with an introduction by E. R. Napier) |
reviewed by Paul Carter (1982)
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Petero Kalulé (Kalimba) |
reviewed by Anthony Barnett (2019)
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Edward Kamau Brathwaite (Mother Poem) |
reviewed by Blake Morrison (1979)
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Anna Kamienska (Two Darknesses translated by Tomasz P. Krzeszowski and Desmond Graham) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1995)
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Anna Kamienska (Astonishments, Selected Poems of Anna Kamienska, edited by Grazyna Drabik and David Curzon) |
reviewed by Greg Delanty (2008)
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Ilya Kaminsky (Dancing in Odessa ) |
reviewed by Gerry McGrath (2014)
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Ilya Kaminsky (Deaf Republic) |
reviewed by Hal Coase (2019)
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Daniel Kane (All Poets Welcome: The Lower East Side Poetry Scene in the 1960s) |
reviewed by Mark Ford (2004)
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Daniel Kane (We Saw the Light: Conversations between the New American Cinema and Poetry) |
reviewed by John Armstrong (2010)
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Sheelagh Kanelli (The Nets) |
reviewed by Carol Shergold (1985)
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Sylvia Kantaris (The Tenth Muse) |
reviewed by Carol Shergold (1985)
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Sylvia Kantaris (The Air Mines of Mistila) |
reviewed by T.J.G. Harris (1989)
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Sándor Kányádi (Dancing Embers, translated by Paul Sohar) |
reviewed by Chris Miller (2004)
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Bhanu Kapil (How to Wash a Heart) | reviewed by Hal Coase (2021) |
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Bhanu Kapil (Incubation: a space for monsters) |
reviewed by Jazmine Linklater (2023)
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Justin Kaplan (Walt Whitman: A Life) |
reviewed by Nicolas Tredell (1982)
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Jaan Kaplinski (Evening Brings Everything Back, translated by Jaan Kaplinski and Fiona Sampson) |
reviewed by Will Stone (2005)
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Jaan Kaplinski (Selected Poems) |
reviewed by Gerry McGrath (2014)
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Martha Kapos (My Nights in Cupid's Palace) |
reviewed by Rachel Elliot (2003)
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Doris Kareva (Shape of Time, translated by Tiina Aleman) |
reviewed by Sasha Dugdale (2012)
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Frederick R. Karl (William Faulkner: American Writer A Biography) |
reviewed by Richard Francis (1990)
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Mary Karr (Abacus and The Devil's Tour) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (1997)
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Kapka Kassabova (Someone Else's Life) |
reviewed by Chris Miller (2004)
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P.J. Kavanagh (Life Before Death) |
reviewed by Fraser Steel (1981)
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P.J. Kavanagh (Selected Poems) |
reviewed by Ian McMillan (1982)
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P.J. Kavanagh (Presences: New and Selected Poems) |
reviewed by Peter Levi (1988)
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P.J. Kavanagh (Collected Poems) |
reviewed by Edmund Prestwich (1993)
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P.J. Kavanagh (A Kind of Journal 1987-2002) |
reviewed by Peter Scupham (2004)
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Jackie Kay (The Adoption Papers) |
reviewed by Keith Silver (1992)
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Jackie Kay (Other Lovers) |
reviewed by Matthew Francis (1994)
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Judith Kazantzis (Minefield) |
reviewed by Deborah Mitchell (1979)
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Judith Kazantzis (Let's Pretend) |
reviewed by Chris McCully (1986)
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Judith Kazantzis (The Rabbit Magician Plate) |
reviewed by David Kennedy (1993)
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Judith Kazantzis (Selected Poems, 1977-1992) |
reviewed by Rennie Parker (1995)
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Judith Kazantzis (The Odysseus Poems) |
reviewed by James Sutherland-Smith (1999)
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Jonathan Keates (Stendhal) |
reviewed by David Arkell (1995)
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Brian Keeble (Conversing with Paradise) |
reviewed by Grevel Lindop (2004)
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Edmund Keeley (Modern Greek Poetry: Voice and Myth) |
reviewed by Rachel Hadas (1985)
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Dennis Keene (Surviving and The Modern Japanese Prose Poem Trans. Dennis Keene ) |
reviewed by Lawrence Sail (1981)
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Donald Keene (Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era: Fiction) |
reviewed by Dennis Keene (1985)
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James Keery (Apocalypse) |
reviewed by Imogen Durant (2021)
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Weldon Kees (Collected Poems) |
reviewed by Richard Francis (1993)
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S.K. Kelen (Atomic Ballet) |
reviewed by Michael Hulse (1993)
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S.K. Kelen (Dingo Sky) |
reviewed by Michael Hulse (1994)
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Richard Kell (Heartwood) |
reviewed by Matt Simpson (1980)
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Richard Kell (The Broken Circle) |
reviewed by Neil Astley (1985)
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Richard Kell (In Praise of Warmth: New and Selected Poems) |
reviewed by Avril Horner (1989)
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Richard Kell (Collected Poems) |
reviewed by Gavin Drummond (2003)
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Richard Kell (Collected Poems 1962-1993 , introduced by Fred Johnston and Under the Rainbow) |
reviewed by Greg Delanty (2005)
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Roni Keller (Keeping Up Appearances) |
reviewed by Deborah Mitchell (1979)
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David Kelley (The New French Poetry) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1997)
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Roisin Kelly (Rapture) |
reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2017)
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Tim Kendall (Modern English War Poetry) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (2007)
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Tim Kendall (The Art of Robert Frost ) |
reviewed by Rebecca Watts (2014)
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Luke Kennard (Cain) |
reviewed by Natasha Stallard (2017)
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Luke Kennard (Cain) |
reviewed by Rowland Bagnall (2018)
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Andrew Karpati Kennedy (Chance Survivor) |
reviewed by Yudit Kiss (2013)
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X.J. Kennedy (The Lords of Misrule) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (2003)
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Victoria Kennefick (White Whale) | reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2015) |
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Victoria Kennefick (Eat Or We Both Starve) |
reviewed by Kate Caoimhe Arthur (2021)
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Brendan Kennelly (A Time for Voices: Selected Poems 1960-1990) |
reviewed by Chris McCully (1991)
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Brendan Kennelly (The Book of Judas) |
reviewed by T.J.G. Harris (1992)
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Brendan Kennelly (Euripides' The Trojan Women: A New Version) |
reviewed by Kate Chisholm (1993)
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Brendan Kennelly (The Man Made of Rain) |
reviewed by Michael Duggan (1999)
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Brendan Kennelly (Begin) |
reviewed by Heather Clark (2000)
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Brendan Kennelly (Familiar Strangers: New and Selected Poems 1960-2004) |
reviewed by Carmen Bugan (2005)
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Brendan Kennelly (Reservoir Voices) |
reviewed by John McAuliffe (2010)
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Brendan Kennelly (Guff) |
reviewed by Joey Connolly (2014)
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Hugh Kenner (WILLARD GOODWIN, Hugh Kenner: A Bibliography, Foreword by Guy Davenport) |
reviewed by A. David Moody (2002)
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Richard Kenney (The Evolution of the Flightless Bird) |
reviewed by Henry Hart (1985)
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Richard Kenney (The Invention of the Zero) |
reviewed by Belle Randall (1995)
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Jean Kent (The Satin Bowerbird) |
reviewed by Brian Henry (1999)
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Jane Kenyon (Let Evening Come) |
reviewed by Helena Nelson (2006)
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Frank Kermode (The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative) |
reviewed by David J. Levy (1980)
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Frank Kermode (Pleasing Myself) |
reviewed by Neil Powell (2002)
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Jack Kerouac (Book of Haikus . Edited with an introduction by Regina Weinreich) |
reviewed by John Gallas (2005)
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Alister Kershaw (Poems of Love and Loss) |
reviewed by James Keery (1998)
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Sean Wai Keung (you are mistaken) |
reviewed by Will Maclean (2018)
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Sean Wai Keung (sikfan glaschu) |
reviewed by Wendelin Wai C. Law (2022)
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Jean Khalfa (The New French Poetry) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1997)
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Mimi Khalvati (In White Ink) |
reviewed by Miriam Hastings (1992)
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Mimi Khalvati (Mirror Work) |
reviewed by Loraine Fletcher (1995)
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Mimi Khalvati (Entries on Light) |
reviewed by Andrew Zawacki (1998)
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Mimi Khalvati (fifty fifty, edited by Charles Bainbridge, Tania Earnshaw, Selima Hill, Mimi Khalvati, Stephen Knight, Simon Smith) |
reviewed by Judy Kendall (2004)
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Mimi Khalvati (The Meanest Flower) |
reviewed by Fiona Sampson (2009)
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Mimi Khalvati (Earthshine) | reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2014) |
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Mimi Khalvati (Afterwardness) |
reviewed by Maitreyabandhu (2020)
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Safia Khan (Too Much Mirch) |
reviewed by Rory Waterman (2022)
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Daniil Kharms (The Plummeting Old Women, translated by Neil Cornwell) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1990)
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Vladimir Khodasevich (Selected Poems) |
reviewed by Gerry McGrath (2014)
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Vénus Khoury-Ghata (The Water People) |
reviewed by Sue Leigh (2023)
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Benedict Kiely (A Letter to Peachtree And Nine Other Stories) |
reviewed by Francis Doherty (1987)
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Katharine Kilalea (Okay Mr Field) |
reviewed by Gabriella Attems (2019)
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John Killick (Inexplicable Occasions) |
reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2017)
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Evan Kindley (Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture) |
reviewed by Karl O'Hanlon (2018)
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Bruce King (Seventeenth-century English Literature) |
reviewed by Fraser Steel (1984)
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Bruce King (Modern Indian Poetry in English) |
reviewed by W.N. Herbert (2001)
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Bruce King (The Oxford English Literary History, Volume 13. 1948-2000 The Internationalization of English Literature) |
reviewed by Julie Mullaney (2005)
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Jenny King (Letting the Dark Through) |
reviewed by Dick Davis (1983)
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Jenny King | reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2015) |
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John King (Poetry Workshop) |
reviewed by Neil Powell (1991)
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Mary King (Homing) |
reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2016)
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P. J. King (Nine Contemporary Poets: A Critical Introduction ) |
reviewed by Neil Powell (1981)
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Richard King (The Lark Ascending) |
reviewed by M.C. Caseley (2019)
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Mark Kinkead-Weekes (Mark Kinkead-Weekes and Ian Gregor, William Golding: A Critical Study) |
reviewed by Mark Thompson (1985)
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David Kinloch (Paris-Forfar) |
reviewed by David Kennedy (1996)
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David Kinloch (Finger of a Frenchman) |
reviewed by Alexander Hutchison (2012)
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David Kinloch (Some Women HappenStance) |
reviewed by James Sutherland-Smith (2016)
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Galway Kinnell (Selected Poems ) |
reviewed by Michael Hofmann (1986)
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Galway Kinnell (Strong is Your Hold) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (2007)
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John Kinsella (Eschatologies) |
reviewed by Michael Hulse (1993)
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John Kinsella (Full Fathom Five and Syzygy) |
reviewed by Michael Hulse (1994)
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John Kinsella (Poems 1980-1994) |
reviewed by Michael Duggan (1999)
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John Kinsella (Rivers) |
reviewed by Judith Willson (2003)
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John Kinsella (The Pastoraclasm) |
reviewed by Gwyneth Lewis (2024)
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Thomas Kinsella (Blood & Family and One Fond Embrace) |
reviewed by Lawrence Sail (1990)
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Thomas Kinsella (From Centre City) |
reviewed by Matthew Francis (1995)
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Thomas Kinsella (Collected Poems 1956 - 2001) |
reviewed by Alex Davis (2002)
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Thomas Kinsella (Selected Poems) |
reviewed by John McAuliffe (2008)
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Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa (Cane, Corn & Gully) |
reviewed by Jazmine Linklater (2024)
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Pauline Kirk (Scorpion Days) |
reviewed by Dick Davis (1983)
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Henry Kirke White ((1785-1806), Poems, Hymns & Prose Writings, edited by R. T. Beckwith) |
reviewed by C.H. Sisson (1986)
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Michael Kirkham (The Imagination of Edward Thomas) |
reviewed by Moelwyn Merchant (1988)
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Kate Kirkpatrick (Becoming Beauvoir: A Life) |
reviewed by Nicolas Tredell (2021)
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Adam Kirsch (The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry) |
reviewed by Nicolas Tredell (2008)
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Adam Kirsch (The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry) |
reviewed by Tony Roberts (2009)
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Sarah Kirsch (A Selection of Poems by Sarah Kirsch, translated by Wendy Mulford and Anthony Vivis and The Brontës Hats) |
reviewed by Gerlinde Röder-Bolton (1992)
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Helen Kitson (Love Among the Guilty) |
reviewed by Sophie Hannah (1995)
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August Kleinzahler (The Strange Hours Travelers Keep) |
reviewed by Marcus Waithe (2005)
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August Kleinzahler (Snow Approaching on the Hudson) | reviewed by Naush Sabah (2021) |
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Peter Knaggs (Cowboy Hat) |
reviewed by Sarah Wardle (2001)
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Stephen Knight (Dream City Cinema) |
reviewed by James Sale (1997)
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Stephen Knight (fifty fifty, edited by Charles Bainbridge, Tania Earnshaw, Selima Hill, Mimi Khalvati, Stephen Knight, Simon Smith) |
reviewed by Judy Kendall (2004)
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L. C. Knights (Selected Essays in Criticism) |
reviewed by Michael Bird (1982)
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C.J. Koch (The Doubleman ) |
reviewed by Michael Hulse (1987)
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C.J. Koch (Crossing the Gap) |
reviewed by Michael Hulse (1988)
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Kenneth Koch (Selected Poems) |
reviewed by Richard Francis (1991)
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Kenneth Koch (Hotel Lambosa) |
reviewed by Richard Francis (1993)
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Kenneth Koch (Hotel Lambosa and other stories) |
reviewed by David Kennedy (1994)
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Kenneth Koch (New Addresses) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (2000)
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Kenneth Koch (A Possible World) |
reviewed by Brian Morton (2004)
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Jan Kochanowski (Laments translated by Seamus Heaney and Stanislaw Baranczak) |
reviewed by Ian Firla (2000)
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Marius Kociejowski (The Machine Minders) |
reviewed by C.H. Sisson (1988)
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Marius Kociejowski (Music's Bride) |
reviewed by James Sutherland-Smith (2000)
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Marius Kociejowski (The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool) |
reviewed by Neil Powell, Will Stone, and James Sutherland-Smith (2005)
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Marius Kociejowski (Godâs Zoo) |
reviewed by Tara Bergin (2015)
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Marius Kociejowski (A Factotum in the Book Trade) |
reviewed by Alberto Manguel (2022)
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Frank Koenegracht (Selected Poems) | reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2015) |
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John Koethe (Falling Water) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (1998)
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Ingrid de Kok (transfer) |
reviewed by Kate Price (2000)
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Arun Kolatkar (Collected Poems in English) |
reviewed by Vidyan Ravinthiran (2012)
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Anise Koltz (At the Edge of Night, translated from French by Anne-Marie Glasheen) |
reviewed by John F. Deane (2010)
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Yusef Komunyakaa |
reviewed by David C. Ward (1999)
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Rutger Kopland (A World Beyond Myself translated and introduced by James Brockway with a foreword by Jeremy Hooker) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1992)
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Rutger Kopland (What Water Left Behind) |
reviewed by Gerry McGrath (2006)
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Richard Kostelanetz ('The End' Essentials/Appendix ) |
reviewed by Nicolas Tredell (1981)
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Virginia M. Kouidis (Mina Loy, American Modernist Poet) |
reviewed by David Jesson-Dibley (1981)
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Lotte Kramer (Family Arrivals and Ice-Break) |
reviewed by Dick Davis (1982)
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Lotte Kramer (Selected and New Poems) |
reviewed by John Greening (1997)
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Jonathan Kramnick (Criticism and Truth: Method in Literary Studies) |
reviewed by Mike Freeman (2024)
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Karl Kraus (In These Great Times, A Karl Kraus Reader. Edited by Harry Zohn) |
reviewed by Michael Hamburger (1985)
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Michael Krüger (Diderot's Cat: selected poems, translated by Richard Dove) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1994)
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Michael Krüger (Diderot's Cat, Selected Poems. Introduced and translated by Richard Dove) |
reviewed by Holger Briel (1996)
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Juris Kronsberg (Wolf One-Eye) |
reviewed by Peter Maber (2007)
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Krishan Kumar (Utopia and Anti-Utopia in Modern Times) |
reviewed by Simon Newton (1988)
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Maxine Kumin (Bringing Together) |
reviewed by Helena Nelson (2006)
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Mazisi Kunene (Emperor Shaka the Great: A Zulu Epic) |
reviewed by Nicolas Tredell (1983)
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Zaffar Kunial (Faber New Poets 11) |
reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2015)
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Zaffar Kunial (Englandâs Green) |
reviewed by Rebecca Hurst (2023)
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Stanley Kunitz (The Poems of Stanley Kunitz 1928-1978) |
reviewed by Andrew Waterman (1981)
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Stanley Kunitz (The Collected Poems) |
reviewed by David C. Ward (2001)
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Reiner Kunze (and Mireille Gansel In Time of Need, translated by Edmund Jephcott, with an essay by Ritchie Robertson) |
reviewed by Mark Thwaite (2006)
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Frank Kuppner (Second Best Moments in Chinese History) |
reviewed by Brian Henry (1998)
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Aleksandr Kushner (Apollo In The Snow: selected poems 1960-87, translated by Paul Graves and Carol Ueland) |
reviewed by John Pilling (1993)
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Theophilus Kwek (The First Five Storms) |
reviewed by Alison Brackenbury (2017)
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