REVIEW: PETER RAYNARD’S ‘MANLAND’

REVIEW: PETER RAYNARD’S ‘MANLAND’

REVIEW: PETER RAYNARD’S ‘MANLAND’     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   Sometimes – to paraphrase Tammy Wynette – it’s hard to be a man. In the last few years alone, the patriarchal throne has been rocked by #metoo’s exposure of the sickening ubiquity of...
ISSUES IN REVIEWING

ISSUES IN REVIEWING

ISSUES IN REVIEWING By Stella Backhouse     Reviewing poetry is such a joy. To be invited into someone else’s mind, to be shown their experience of life, how they have interpreted it and what it has taught them is a privilege I never tire of. But writing reviews...
REVIEW: TINA SEDERHOLM’S ‘THIS IS NOT THERAPY’

REVIEW: TINA SEDERHOLM’S ‘THIS IS NOT THERAPY’

REVIEW: TINA SEDERHOLM’S ‘THIS IS NOT THERAPY’     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse The title of Tina Sederholm’s 2021 collection This Is Not Therapy is ambiguous. Is it a warning to the reader? Or a position-statement from the poet on how she feels about her...
OCEANIC MYTHOLOGY: GODS AND MONSTERS

OCEANIC MYTHOLOGY: GODS AND MONSTERS

OCEANIC MYTHOLOGY: GODS AND MONSTERS   By Eve Volungeviciute   With this article, we finally conclude our world tour of different mythologies and folklore. Our last stop is a pretty far-away one: the Oceanic region. While there wasn’t tons of information for me to...
Saboteur Awards 2022

Saboteur Awards 2022

We’d love to have your vote(s)…     Sabotage Reviews just announced it’s that time of the year again: The Saboteur Awards! In the world of independent creatives, this is a rare opportunity to celebrate the people, brands and categories that...