Graeme Richardson
@MrRavoon
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Work @MPI_GEA Jena; past in BNC, C of E, TLS; @theSundayTimes Poetry Critic; Auf Englisch, Deutsch oder Denglisch, all views mine.
Weimar, Deutschland
Joined September 2018
@profbate @ZaffarKunial It is. Best English collection of the last five years. It remains a bit of a mystery that it didn't win the TS Eliot prize in the year it was shortlisted.
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@TheLondonMag Excellent, but I think the Forwards are not the "younger sibling" - they're older by a year.
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RT @StephenPihlaja: Although generally not one to participate in Fr @MrRavoon hagiography, I did read his poem Bramley Apples at a church f…
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@victorginori @profrhodrilewis Ethics as Grammar: Changing the Postmodern Subject - from Notre Dame Press, 2001. I won't name the author. Not his fault the Fighting Irish weren't also the Editing Irish.
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*clenches teeth, sings quietly* come on baby do the self-promotion
Well, now: here’s a tremendous pamphlet from @MrRavoon, published by the wonderful @newwalkmagazine. Full of on-point, elegant poems and gorgeous sonics. You will love.
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@ianduhig @iccwriting @bmi1854 @PoetryBrum @CamilleRalphs_ Yes - thanks to Naush and Greg, Camille and Ian, and everyone for coming along.
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@j_amesmarriott Brilliant, yes. The "full of wonders" thing is big in poetry right now. I keep getting PRs that say "This collection brings together Star Wars and Stalin, Moliere and "Mull of Kintyre", Pachelbel's Canon and Postman Pat..." Scrawnier babies please!
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RT @iccwriting: A reminder about this brilliant, FREE reading @bmi1854 this Thursday, 28 November, courtesy of @PoetryBrum and @BCUEnglish…
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@MathewJLyons Do look for him with The Moody Blues and with Janis Joplin - hilariously Austin Powers, of course, but some brilliant 1960s musicianship on display, and - as ever - TJ endearingly looks like he's having the time of his life and can't believe his luck.
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@j_amesmarriott @DAaronovitch Yes but - as JP would no doubt tell you - many are called, but few are chosen
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