My latest collection of poems is available from Longbarrow Press. Little Piece of Harm is a narrative sequence that focuses on 24 hours in the life of a city that has been shut down in the aftermath of a shooting. As this act of violence ramifies outwards, the sequence explores the geographical reach of Sheffield…
Posted on 28th March 2021 in PublicationsIn this episode, poet Mark Pullinger discusses Shinkichi Takahashi’s poem ‘Sparrow in Winter’ (translated by Lucien Stryk) and two of Mark’s poems: ‘Magus’ and ‘Untitled’. In the interview, we talk about Mark’s introduction to Zen poetry – and Zen haiku in particular – through his discovery of Shinkichi Takahashi’s work. We examine the multifaceted qualities…
Posted on 30th September 2024 in NewsIn this episode, poet Fay Musselwhite discusses David Jones’s book-length poem In Parenthesis and her own sequence ‘Memoir of a Working River’ from her collection Contraflow. In the interview, we talk about how Fay came to Jones’s poem – a book that follows soldiers’ long trajectory toward the Somme battlefield, but has so much more…
Posted on 16th September 2024 in NewsGathered together on one audio player, here are all the broadcasts from series one of my podcast. In each episode I invited a poet to introduce a poem by an author who had influenced his, her or their own approach to writing. The poet discussed the importance of this work, and went on to talk…
Posted on 10th March 2024 in NewsIn this episode, Lydia Allison reflects on Tom Phillips’ ‘treated’ book A Humument and how it influenced her own Metro erasure poems. In the interview, Lydia talks about going to an event where Tom Phillips talked about his practice as an artist – and about A Humument in particular. She relates how the book came…
Posted on 2nd March 2024 in NewsIn this episode, I talk to the poet Elizabeth Holloway about how Sharon Olds’ poem ‘The Blue Dress’ influenced the writing of her own poem ‘Blue Dress’. Liz talks about the impact Sharon Olds had on her when her first British collection – The Sign of Saturn – was published (in 1991). She talks about…
Posted on 20th February 2024 in News