REVIEW: CALEB PARKIN’S ‘THIS FRUITING BODY’

REVIEW: CALEB PARKIN’S ‘THIS FRUITING BODY’

REVIEW: CALEB PARKIN’S ‘THIS FRUITING BODY’       Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   Samantha Walton has already described Caleb Parkin’s 2021 collection This Fruiting Body as “a post-human lyric disco lit with ecological thought”; and as I doubt I can...
REVIEW: DANIEL SLUMAN’S ‘SINGLE WINDOW’

REVIEW: DANIEL SLUMAN’S ‘SINGLE WINDOW’

REVIEW: DANIEL SLUMAN’S ‘SINGLE WINDOW’     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   The thing about windows is, they operate in two directions. Daniel Sluman’s 2021 poetry/photography collection Single Window (a nod, perhaps, to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film Rear...
REVIEW: ‘THESE ARE THE HANDS’ ANTHOLOGY

REVIEW: ‘THESE ARE THE HANDS’ ANTHOLOGY

REVIEW: ‘THESE ARE THE HANDS: POEMS FROM THE HEART OF THE NHS’ ANTHOLOGY     Reviewed by Stella Backhouse   I wasn’t sure I would like this anthology. A collection of “poems from the heart of the NHS” – especially one whose launch coincided with the pandemic’s...
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...
REVIEW: ROZ GODDARD’S ‘LOST CITY’

REVIEW: ROZ GODDARD’S ‘LOST CITY’

REVIEW: ROZ GODDARD’S ‘LOST CITY’       Reviewed by Stella Backhouse     Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, I was researching Roz Goddard’s chapbook Lost City in preparation for writing this review. As part of that, I came across a YouTube...