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This compendious new issue of one of the more interesting poetry journals out there, Naush Sabah’s PBLJ—which I was v pleased to typeset & in which I have a 7,000-word review-essay on Anthony Hecht, & a poem. Lots of other, & pleasingly various, work too! Recommended. 👏👏

poetry magazines out there, easily holding it's own against comparative journals, like The Dark Horse & PN Review. It was with huge delight opening the large envelope at home, when I first caught the Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal masthead poking out at me! Naush Sabah your generosity is

massive! I can't thank you enough for gifting me a copy of your stunning journal. Honestly, it made my week! To all my friends, far & wide, in the UK, and beyond, I can highly recommend you read, buy & ideally subscribe to Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. You won't regret it! Check their website now

Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal Summer sorted. Quality and taste.

Enjoying the latest of the best. The inimitable Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal - poems galore + reviews of Rory Waterman, Anthony Hecht, Rae Armantrout, essays by Gregory Leadbetter & Andrew Neilson, Camille Ralphs interviews Andrew Motion & Michael Hofmann, Peter Robinson on Roy Fisher etc etc

As a born & bred West Midlander (Worcesterian), I am so happy to share my two poems published in Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal Issue 11 – Spring 2025. The Spring 2025 issue of PBLJ comprises over 200 pages of poems, essays, interviews, and reviews edited by Naush Sabah. poetrybirmingham.com/store/p/issue1…

It's good to see Poetry Birmingham back. Those 200+ pages include a couple from me in praise of Rory Waterman's fourth collection, Come Here To This Gate. "Waterman's poems are always thinking about other people." Carcanet Press

I have an essay on poetry, place, and life in the current issue of Poetry Birmingham, a chiaroscuro including Virgil, Mandelstam, Derrida, Layan Kayed, Samatar Elmi, Diane Seuss, Krynicki, Darwish, and others. 🙏 and ♥️ to Naush Sabah. poetrybirmingham.com/store/p/issue1…

Back for 2025! Following huge success last year, BCU Presents: Benjamin Zephaniah Future Writers competition is back. If you're a budding poet or love writing, this is for you! This year's theme is 'Nature Trail' and encourages pieces to be around around the environment, the

Very happy to have a new poem, 'Someone You Know and Someone You Don't', in the new issue of PBLJ, which is full of treats:

I interviewed Andrew Motion and Michael Hofmann for Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. Two jolly extracts here, but you'll have to buy the mag to learn why AM thinks 'all poetry is performance poetry', or why MH 'can see American poetry growing a little curly tail, like the last of the Buendías'.

This be the issue: poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue

This week's post for PBLJ is done so all new orders are shipped and will be making their way to readers. 📨 Have you got your copy yet? Share your pics and let us know what you think of the new issue!

This is a fantastic interview. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. This is a fine journal, edited by Naush Sabah. Particularly gratifying to be alongside writers I admire so much, including Gerry Cambridge of The Dark Horse, Camille Ralphs and Andrew Neilson.

Poem for a Sunday. A very Roddy-Lumsden Roddy Lumsden poem. Pleased, or relieved, to have an essay on Roddy in the new Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal ❤️ poetrybirmingham.com/current-issue

My latest essay in Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal on nightingales in poetry and life, and learning Russian. With disconnected footnotes on interpreting in Russian for Ukrainian refugees. Available here: poetrybirmingham.com/store/p/issue1…

I've finally finished reading the latest issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. As usual, the essays are of high quality and cover a wide range of topics. Glad to see my #essay on Arthur #Rimbaud and the letters of the seer in such good company! #birmingham #literaryjournal

I particularly enjoyed Jacqueline Saphra 's essay on #teaching #poetry. Published poets include the brilliant Laura Theis, courtney conrad 🇯🇲 🇬🇧, Troy Cabida and Sophia Rubina Charalambous. #birmingham #literaryjournal

The Spring issue of Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal includes an in-depth interview with editor Peter Robinson about the late Roy Fisher's The Citizen and the Making of 'City', which was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2022. Fred D'Aguiar and Andrew Neilson remember Professor Benjamin Zephaniah and #RoddyLumsden.