The Crunch discussion

In Issue #1's podcast (released in October 2015), I pointed our listeners towards a podcast dedicated to a young poet whose promise will never be fulfilled, Adam recommended a return to the first Forward Prize winner for Best Collection, Richard spoke about an incredibly imaginative sequence by a Dutch poet in translation, and our guest Ian Gregson praised a collection that proves that poetry is still a place where the most difficult things can be said.

Books Recommended



Mysteries of Afternoon and Evening by Rachel Sherwood

The Man With Night Sweats by Thom Gunn

Raptors by Toon Tellegen

Into It by Lawrence Joseph

To hear what we said about these books in the 'What We're Reading' segment of the Issue #1 podcast, go here: crunchpoetry.com/issue-1.html

Unfortunately, Mysteries of Afternoon and Evening is now out of print, but you can read some of Rachel Sherwood's poetry, and listen to the 'Two Poets in their Youth' podcast I mentioned, here: poetryfoundation.org/bio/rachel-sherwood#poet

Have you read any of these books already? If so, what did you think? And are there any other similar poets/books that you would recommend? As always, we'd love to hear from you!

Click here to see the original 'What We're Reading' blog post on crunchpoetry.com