Chicago Review celebrates the publication of the new British Poetry Issue with a launch party on Friday, April 6 at the Elastic Arts Space (2830 N. Milwaukee in Chicago). Join us starting at 8pm for readings by Andrea Brady, Peter Manson, and Keston Sutherland. (Co-sponsored by the Discrete Series.) If you can’t make the party, the poets will also be reading at the U. of Chicago’s Poem Present series on Thursday, April 5 at 5:30pm in Rosenwald 405. Andrea and Keston will present short lectures on Friday at 1pm (also in Rosenwald 405).

A 232-page issue featuring the poetry of Andrea Brady, Chris Goode, Peter Manson, and Keston Sutherland. Also: critical work on these poets by Jeremy Noel-Tod, Simon Jarvis, John Wilkinson, and Matt Ffytche; and an interview with Chris Goode by Sam Ladkin. The issue also includes fifteen reviews of new British poetry (including my review of Peter Larkin’s Leaves of Field [PDF]), a note by Keith Tuma on younger British poets, letters by Catherine Wagner and Peter Riley, and a poster by Andrew Duncan (”Styles of British Poetry 1945-2000″).

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