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ABOUT US
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acumen GENERAL EDITOR: Patricia Oxley.
Patricia has been involved with the poetry magazine scene since 1972. Besides editing acumen, she is organiser of the Torbay Festival of Poetry and a committee member of the Torbay Arts Base. Latest Publications:
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REVIEWS EDITOR: Glyn Pursglove.
Glyn is Reader in English at the University of Swansea. Until recently he edited The Swansea Review. Since student days he has had an involvement with the world of small presses and little magazines. His interests in poetry are wide-ranging - he has published work on Elizabethan and Seventeenth-Century poetry as well as on contemporary poetry, notably that of Peter Russell. He is very interested in the study of translation, contributing to such volumes as the Oxford History of Literary Translation. He is a regular reviewer of classical and jazz CDs, concerts and opera for the website MusicWeb International. Interested in most sports, wine, Italy ... Please send books for possible reviews in the magazine to Glyn Pursglove and not to the editorial address.
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ADVISORY EDITOR:
Danielle Hope.
Danielle was born in Lancashire and now lives in London. She previously edited Zenos, a magazine of British and international poetry. She has had three books of poetry published and has given many readings both in the UK and abroad. A prize-winning poet, she was a founder member of the Tempest Poetry Group and a trustee of Survivors Poetry to which she still acts as an advisor. Danielle was Festival Poet for the 2nd Torbay Weekend Festival of Poetry and is an Honorary Patron of the Festival.
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CONSULTANT EDITOR: William Oxley.
William was former reviews editor of acumen, and has published many books of poetry and prose. He was poet-in-residence for Torbay during the Year of the Artist and has given readings and lectures throughout Britain and on the Continent. He also believes he is the only British poet to have given a reading in Shangri-la. A study of his poetry, The Romantic Imagination, came out in 2005 from Poetry Salzburg. Latest Publications:
for examples of his work see:
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