The Lake
“All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake.” Jean Rhys
Inspired by Jean Rhys’ imperative, The Lake is dedicated to publishing all forms of poetry by new and established poets, highlighting the best of contemporary poetry and reviewing the best of the new books.
October
Bartholomew Barker, Salvatore Difalco, William Ogden Haynes, Sarah James, O. P. Jha,
Beth McDonough, Gloria Ogo, Kenneth Pobo, J. R. Solonche, Kate Young.
Reviews
Hannah Stone reviews Peter Spafford’s Sun Tanking
Charles Rammelkamp reviews Brian Gyamfi’s What God in the Kingdom of Bastards, and
Natalie Scenters-Zapico, My Perfect Cognate.
Shanta Acharya reviews Maggie Brookes-Butt’s Wish: New & Selected Poems.
One Poem Reviews
Loralee Clark, Matthew Paul, Smitha Sehgal, Julia Thacker.
Upcoming reviews
John Murphy’s Notes can be ordered on the SHOP page.
I'm on the mend from my injury but still some way to go with physio before I'm back to normal. There's a backlog of emails to tackle so feedback from me will be a slower than usual.
It's not easy getting a book or pamphlet accepted for review these days. So in addition to the regular review section, the One Poem Review feature will allow more poets' to reach a wider audience - one poem featured from a new book/pamphlet along with a cover JPG and a link to the publisher's website. Contact the editor if you have released a book/pamphlet in the last twelve months or expect to have one published. Details here
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