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Tuesday 2 January 2024

Stride: The Well of Solitude

My latest poetry review for Stride Magazine is of God's Little Angel by Sue Hubbard. This is a series of poems on the life and work of Gwen John:

'John’s transition to a different way of life and form of longing comes in poems about the poetry of ordinary things in which such things take on the language and form of the sacred.'

My writings on Gwen John can be found here and here. Sue Hubbard also writes regularly for Artlyst, as do I. Her Artlyst articles can be found here

My other reviews for Stride include a review of two poetry collections, one by Mario Petrucci and the other by David Miller, a review of Temporary Archive: Poems by Women of Latin America, a review of Fukushima Dreams by Andrea Moorhead, and a review  of Endangered Sky by Kelly Grovier and Sean Scully. To read my poems published by Stride, click here, here, here, here, and here.

Stride magazine was founded in 1982. Since then it has had various incarnations, most recently in an online edition since the late 20th century. You can visit its earlier incarnation at http://stridemagazine.co.uk.

I have read the poetry featured in Stride and, in particular, the work of its editor Rupert Loydell over many years and was very pleased that Rupert gave a poetry reading when I was at St Stephen Walbrook.

Rupert Loydell is a poet, painter, editor and publisher, and senior lecturer in English with creative writing at Falmouth University. He is interested in the relationship of visual art and language, collaborative writing, sequences and series, as well as post-confessional narrative, experimental music and creative non-fiction.

He has edited Stride magazine for over 30 years, and was managing editor of Stride Books for 28 years. His poetry books include Wildlife and Ballads of the Alone (both published by Shearsman), and The Fantasy Kid (for children).

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