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66 (posted 07/02/10)
2010, sees acumen
reach its 25th birthday
and Torbay Poetry Festival is ten years old.
acumen
66 is now available.
See its emphasis on sunflowers, including a free packet of seeds to all
subscribers.
Plus poems from Alan Brownjohn, Wendy Cope, Peter Dale, Alan Jenkins,
Andrew Motion, Peter Porter, Francis Warner plus others.
Reviews from William bedford, Martyn Crucefix, Wolfgang Gortschacher and
others.
Interview with Alan Jenkins.
To celebrate its birthday, acumen
is publishing
an anthology of the best of the magazine,
culled from the first 60 issues.
A gourmet feast of poetry.
If you haven't subscribed from its earliest issues,
buy the anthology to see how the magazine --
and its editor -- have developed over a quarter of a century
Keep your subscription up to date to receive an invitation to the launch.
The anthology will be available to purchase after 13th
April 2010
at £9.99 a copy for over 300 pages of readable poets from many poets.
new books from acumen editors: see 'About Us'
Poetry in South Devon: See events
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Definite date for your diary:
28th October -- 1st November 2010
TORBAY POETRY FESTIVAL
on the English Riviera
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ABOUT THE MAGAZINE: acumen's 25th birthday year -- 2010 'Over the years, acumen has just got better and better'. Dannie Abse. 'A beacon of invention in the west, acumen's guiding light is valued throughout the wider world of letters. Printing the best, and not necessarily the most celebrated, is its policy.' Peter Porter. 'acumen's longevity is down to its editor's clarity of vision and generosity of spirit. It is that rare beast, a genuinely successful and inclusive poetry magazine.' Brian Patten. 'Congratulations to acumen on its 25th anniversary. Long may you continue to publish good poems and interesting article.' Wendy Cope. 'Congratulations on the much loved and aptly named acumen.' Penelope Shuttle. 'acumen is invaluable for the range of original poems it publishes, for its support of translations and for the seriousness of its reviewing. Its special features and interviews serve the cause of poetry in a way few other magazines manage.' Alan Brownjohn. 'Happy 25th birthday.' Andrew Motion.
acumen is published three times a year (January, May and September), A5 perfect bound, with at least 120pp per issue. To find out more about the editors, their books and their readings, press side-button About Us. Contact us e-mail or snail-mail via Contacts. Subscribe to the magazine on-line at Subscriptions. To submit poems without exasperating editors read the guidelines on Submissions. Please do not send e-mail submissions without prior agreement.
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acumen 66 is NOW OUT! PLEASE send all books for review to the Book Reviews Editor at Swansea. |
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CONTENTS
acumen
66
Editorial
Interview with Alan Jenkins.
Poems: Yu
Yan Chen, Alan Jenkins, Chris Waters, Susan Skinner, June English, Peter
Dale, Responses. Poems: Francis Warner, Peter Dale, Stephen Devereux, Keith McFarlane, Roy Davids,Jordan C. Wise, Kenneth Steven. Oxford Days – Rik Wilkinson.Poems: Wendy Cope, Timothy Adès, Emily Hinchelwood, Leah Fritz, Peter Porter..When Girls Shed Their Clothes – Ruth O’Callaghan.Poems: Yu Yan Chen, June Hall, Fatima AL Matar, Sue Butler, Rowan Middleton, Peter Halliwell.The Poet and the Scientist – Robert Griffiths.Poems: Alan Brownjohn, John Walsh, Tim Harris, J.S. Watts, Anne Born, June Hall.Poet’s Killer a Hero in Hungary – Thomas Land.Reviews: William Bedford, Graham Burchell, Fred Beake, Martyn Crucefix, Edmund Prestwich,Christopher .J.P. Smith, Wolfgang Görtschacher. Poetry Comment: Glyn Pursglove.
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