The Poetry Book Society was founded by T.S. Eliot in 1953 to “propagate the art of poetry”. The Poetry Book Society Spring 2018 Bulletin features a wide range of exciting new poetry publications, reviewed by expert poet selectors Sandeep Parmar, Tim Liardet, George Szirtes, AB Jackson, Denise Saul and Kayo Chingonyi.
SPRING SELECTIONS January, February, March 2018 Choice: Sophie Collins, Who is Mary Sue? (Faber) Recommendations: Hannah Sullivan — Three Poems (Faber) Robin Robertson — The Long Take (Picador) Phoebe Power — Shrines of Upper Austria (Carcanet) Kaveh Akbar — Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Penguin) Commendation: Laurie Duggan — Selected Poems (Shearsman) Guest Selection: Meryl Pugh — Natural Phenomena (Penned in the Margins) Translation: Luljeta Lleshanaku — Negative Space (Bloodaxe Books)
