Scattered effects

A round-up of recent poetry books

How Chaucer reshaped English poetry

One of the greatest challenges for a poet is to find something new to say. It’s all been said before. Any poet who manages to find a truly original subject should keep very quiet about it, write the p

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The waspish diaries of an establishment insider

The poet’s exasperation with his provincial upbringing