Oxford Poetry: Oxford Poetry Vol X No 1: Modern French Poetry (Easter 1998)

Oxford Poetry Vol X No 1: Modern French Poetry (Easter 1998)

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Published by Magdalen College 64pp
edited by Graham Nelson, Gillian Pachter with Robert Macfarlane
no preface

This was the first perfect-bound issue, with a two-colour matt laminated cover (using blue, silver, black and white), including an inset photograph for the first time: "Corpus Compressed" by Ellie Harris, then a student at the Ruskin School of Fine Art. The new format was in most ways a continuation of the old, with new poems, interviews and reviews, but the issues were themed more strongly and a new section (on translation) began: the intention was that the 64 pages of each issue should divide about half and half between poetry and prose. There were notes on contributors, submissions, back issues, subscriptions and acknowledgements, and short unsigned reviews of books by Ruth Padel, Ruth Sharman, Neil Farley and Dorothy Nimmo.

Bernard O'Donoghue: Old Blue-Eyes and Pencil It In;

Christiania Whitehead: Violin by Night;

Tom Paulin: Theta Is Better;

Polly Clark: The pet rabbit;

Tim Kendall: Perspective;

Joyelle McSweeney: Orange;

David Hart: A prayer on behalf of me and Bill; Buddleia;

Jenny Swann: Beatus Vir;

Gregory LeStage: Sunlight on Provence;

John Knowles: The Chimera; A note on balloons;

Jane Griffiths: Island; The Biographies of Poets;

Ron Tomkins: The Commandant's Story;

Hannah Daw: Marinated Heart;

N. S. Thompson: Accident After Essence; Amor Scientiae; The Latch-Key Kids;

Antony Dunn: Bournemouth; Low Tide; Narnia;

Miles David Moore: Niagara; The Bears of Paris;

Michael Londry: Telegrams from Bedlam; At the Densmore Café; Thirty-Four Obscure Kisses from Across the World;

Simon Armitage: Interview;

Graham Nelson: An elephant into a cage designed for a fox: anthologies of French poetry in translation;

Michael G. Kelly: Thème and Version: current approximations of 'French Poetry';

Jamie McKendrick: The Parrot House [after Rainer Maria Rilke];

Toby Garfitt: Felicity, simplicity: translating the young Eluard;

Tim Kendall: Governing a Life: a review of "Birthday Letters" by Ted Hughes;

Robert Macfarlane: Qualities of Light: a review of "The Home Front" by N. S. Thompson;

Oxford Poetry Vol X No 1: Modern French Poetry (Easter 1998)

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