Seán Hewitt

Poetry reviews

Róisín Tierney, Nithy Kasa, Jim McElroy, Paul Tran and Denise Riley reviewed

‘I am only interested in things I cannot do, that is the thrill of poetry,’ says prize-winning poet whose home is in Dublin

Collections from Kaveh Akbar, Louise C Callaghan, Shaun Hill and Naush Sabah

TS Eliot Prize winner on absence, community and the importance of the ‘live poet’

Annemarie Ní Churreáin has published a second collection called The Poison Glen, plus work from Lila Matsumoto, Paul Muldoon and Tua Forsström

Autumn Skies is an excellent introduction, surveying both classic poems and lesser-known works

Collections from John Fitzgerald, Amanda Bell, Hannah Lowe and Togara Muzanenhamo

Book review: Daisy Lafarge plays with Gothic tropes creating an immersive, maddening read, writes Seán Hewitt

Plus collections from Liz Quirke, Jason Allen-Paisant and insight into Seamus Heaney

Reviews: Jen Hadfield, Kayo Chingonyi, Charlotte Mew, Moyra Donaldson, Moya Cannon

Reviews: Aoife Lyall, Victoria Kennefick, Inua Ellams

Jackie Kay tracks Smith’s path from blues to jazz and her tumultuous relationships

Book reviews: Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing and Queer Love are cause for celebration

Plus: There is something of Emily Dickinson in the poems of Chris Murray