Review:
Pearl & Bone
by Mari Ellis Dunning and
Homelands
by Eric Ngalle Charles and
As If To Sing by Paul Henry and
Seams of People by Mike Jenkins From Planet 249
Helle Michelsen
reviews
Pearl & Bone by Mari Ellis Dunning and
Homelands by Eric Ngalle Charles and
As If To Sing by Paul Henry and
Seams of People by Mike Jenkins
Pearl & Bone by Mari Ellis Dunning, Parthian Books, £9. Homelands by Eric Ngalle Charles, Seren Books £9.99. As If To Sing by Paul Henry, Seren Books, £9.99. Seams of People by Mike Jenkins, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, £7.50.
Passion is in danger of becoming a clichéd emotion. ‘Food is my passion,’ they all say nervously on Masterchef just before they overcook their rice or underdo their fish. It still counts for a great deal though, particularly in poetry, and particularly at a point in time when academia, which is cerebral and hierarchical by nature, has discovered that creative writing courses bring in lots of lucrative students. You have to be a tenacious and anarchic character for your output to survive the lure of analysis and advanced degrees unscathed.
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Helle Michelsen is a linguist and a former editor of Planet. She lives near Aberystwyth.
