'A poem should not be flawless but should be able to bear the burden of its flaws' - Chelsey Minnis

Really looking forward to presenting at 'Other Worlds: Contemporary Ekphrastic Poetry' alongside Kandace Siobhan Walker, Alycia Pirmohamed, emily berry, Anthony V. Capildeo, and Padraig Regan.

Late May. Tickets and details:
www5.open.ac.uk/arts/research/…

Emily Berry's 'My Mother-in-law's Tongue, and other stories' featured in #ThePoetryReview .

Emily will read at the launch with Naomi Shihab Nye, Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa & Verity Spott on 11th April 7pm BST.

Book: bit.ly/TPRlaunchSprin…

Buy the issue: bit.ly/ThePoetryReview

Thanks to all the readers sharing new work at tonight’s Poetry Review launch and everyone who joined us online and at The Poetry Cafe! Editor Wayne Holloway-Smith with Verity Spott, Emily Berry & Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa & Naomi Shihab Nye who joined via video.

I told you tonight we die as a family
we were supposed to die
as a family

Looking forward to leading a masterclass for Arvon online in October 🖊️ 👓 (concessions available)
arvon.org/writing-course…

An extract of Emily Berry's (emily berry) long prose poem 'My Mother-in-law's Tongue, and other stories' is now available to read on the Poetry Society website.

Emily's latest collection Unexhausted Time was published by Faber Books in 2022.

poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/24861/

The new Spring 2024 Poetry Review (ed. Wayne Holloway-Smith) is now out; read free sample work from Richard Siken, emily berry, Anthony Anaxagorou, Hala Alyan, Mosab Abu-Toha plus Andrew Spragg reviewing Mark Hyatt and mira | ميرا #FreeAhmadManasra at bit.ly/ReviewSpring24

It wouldn't be Easter without a Victorian Easter Greeting

Join us for the online Poetry Review launch featuring Emily Berry (emily berry), Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa (@SafiyaKamaria), Verity Spott & Naomi Shihab Nye (@YPPLaureate).

Book now: bit.ly/TPRlaunchSprin…

Coming up on 9 April! Our #PoetryReview reading groups, online and in person, where our Poetry Society facilitator will guide you through a discussion of this season's poems, including stunners from joelle taylor emily berry and Richard Siken poetrysociety.org.uk/events/

The Spring Poetry Review features new work by Richard Siken, Emily Berry & Joelle Taylor, as well as an unseen early poem by Michael Donaghy. We are also honoured to present poems from Palestinian poets Mohammed El-Kurd & Mosab Abu Toha.

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It’s always a good day when I remember this Leonora Carrington quote

New episode up now. All My Pretty Ones (1962) by Anne Sexton, with guest Emily Berry emily berry. backlisted.fm/episodes/208-a…

Dream of a Dog

by emily berry

It was an honour to talk about the brilliant work of the troubled and troubling Anne Sexton on the wonderful Backlisted Podcast 🐛🌿🌚

TIL that this poet is not Emily Berry emily berry from the UK, but Em Berry from NZ who is on Instagram as @/skinhungry and at emberry .co.nz — though MANY poetry sites and individuals continue to mix them up...

We are sorry to announce that Soukaina Habiballah will no longer join us in person at StAnza 2024, having been refused entry to the UK by the Home Office. Please read Artistic Director Ryan Van Winkle's full statement:

For a BBC radio documentary, we're hoping to find witnesses to the nail bomb attack on Brick Lane in April 1999. Please contact Alan at [email protected]
Spitalfields Life BBC Radio 4 Tower Hamlets Council