Poetry

This thoughtfully conceived 12-track album ranges through Cohen's catalogue, from his debut in 1967 to the 21st century.

'The Popol Vuh' as translated by Michael Bazzett is an extraordinary work that belongs on the shelves of all folk interested in The Classics.

'The Bladebone' by Ausma Zehanat Khan is a wonderful read and the perfect conclusion to a great series of books.

A new edition re-orders the sonnets chronologically, shining a new light on Shakespeare the poet. An ideal gift for the English major in your family.

Although this work dates back a few years, the current COVID-19 pandemic makes it more relevant than ever before.

Design may be blind and impersonal, but it is also the great leveler: it is just as much at work, and in the exact same way, in all creatures great and small, even the lowly spider.

Four singers and a pianist swung from romance to riotous humor to wartime pathos, delivering musical settings of letters from different eras with force and feeling.

'Year of the Monkey' by Patti Smith is a wonderful trip inside the mind of a poet. Difficult, convoluted and a little absurd, but well worth the effort.

Saida Dahir's 'The Walking Stereotype' is powerful, passionate and potent. This is the voice of a righteously angry person propelled by a desire to be heard.

Easy-flowing vocals and lyrics with literate depth fuel two recent recordings from distant regions of the music spectrum.