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Poet The Icon Maker / The End of the Trial of Man / Lost Songs of Gravity / Beast: The List Chronicles / The Carbonized Earth, essays on Rimbaud poetpstubbs.wixsite.com/paulstubbs

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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 9h
poetpstubbs.wixsite.com/paulstubbs/m... "I offer help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it to such a level that it can be submitted to poetry publishers."
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Poetry manuscript appraisal | Paul Stubbs
Poetry manuscript appraisal Paul Stubbs offers help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it t...
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.blackheraldpress.com/post/the-asy... A New Essay has just been published on the Black Herald Magazine:
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The Asymmetrical Mouth: David Gascoyne’s Elegy for Paul Éluard – an essay by Daniel Barbiero
The Asymmetrical Mouth: David Gascoyne’s Elegy for Paul Éluard – an essay by Daniel Barbiero
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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U250: A Celebration - 50 years of U2 - 50th Anniversary Video by Michael McCormack (MM Music Video)
YouTube video by Michael McCormack Music & Film
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
A review by Peter Oswald on my book Beast: The Lost Chronicles (Broken Sleep Books) in the latest issue of Tears in the Fence
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My last poetry collection, Beast:The Lost Chronicles, published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social was reviewed by Michael Lee Rattigan, in The Manchester Review www.themanchesterreview.co.uk/?p=12855
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Blandine Longre @blandinelongre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nouveauté/ new release www.blackheraldpress.com/le-chaos-en-poesie-1
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NOUVEAUTÉ / NEW Le Chaos en poésie / Chaos in Poetry D. H. LAWRENCE édition revue et augmentée revised & enlarged edition bilingue + poèmes de Harry Crosby / Intro & trad de l’anglais par @blandinelongre.bsky.social Bilingual book + poems by Harry Crosby blackheraldpress.com/le-chaos-en-poesie-1
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
New release Amends, a poetry collection by British poet, novelist, and publisher Richard Skinner, can be ordered here: www.blackheraldpress.com/amends
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Amends | Richard SKINNER | Black Herald Press
Amends - Richard SKINNER Black Herald Press
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Submissions to the Black Herald online (essays, reviews, poetry) / proposer des textes à la revue (essais littéraires, critiques, poésie) www.blackheraldpress.com/magazine Poetry : from the 20th of September to the 31st of October 2026. Poésie : du 20 septembre au 31 octobre 2026.
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Magazine | Black Herald Press
The Black Herald / Le Héraut noir / version numérique / digital version 2025
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Richard Skinner @richardnskinner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The first spot in the wild for ‘Amends’ is in beautiful Chartres Cathedral! Thanks to Blandine and Paul for these amazing photos. Copies of ‘Amends’ are now available direct from the wonderful @blackheraldpress.bsky.social 💫✨ www.blackheraldpress.com/amends
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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Loveliest signing photos ever! And you DO want a signed copy because @cclarklewes.bsky.social is a wonderful writer and this book of essays, WHAT LIES AHEAD, is incredibly generous and thoughtful and will enrich your life. Out now from @blackheraldpress.bsky.social
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How to submit to the Black Herald Magazine / proposer des textes à la revue www.blackheraldpress.com Literary essays & reviews, ongoing submissions / Essais littéraires et critiques, sans limite dans le temps Poetry from 20th September to 31st October 2026 Poésie du 20 septembre au 31 octobre 2026
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Black Herald Press, Éditeur Indépendant / Independent Publisher
Black Herald Press, éditeur indépendant, publie des ouvrages de poésie, des essais, des textes courts - souvent bilingues / Black Herald Press, an independent press, publishes (often bilingual) poetr...
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Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Here I am in Paris with Sonya Moor author of THE COMET AND OTHER STORIES from @confingopublishing.bsky.social — fantastic writing, you won’t regret buying it: www.confingopublishing.uk/the-comet-an...
Cover of her book
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Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Visiting my publishers the wonderful @blackheraldpress.bsky.social @blandinelongre.bsky.social and @paulrstubbs.bsky.social in Chartres
Me with Blandine LongreMe with Paul StubbsThe river in Chartres Chartres cathedral
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Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Lovely book post from France today @cclarklewes.bsky.social @blackheraldpress.bsky.social
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
poetpstubbs.wixsite.com/paulstubbs/m... "I certainly can recommend Paul’s services, and would say that his presence in my literary journey has become something greatly valued, looking always forward to his analysis and guidance.” —Andre van der Kerkhoff, aka Heinz Krautberger, Artist and writer
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Poetry manuscript appraisal | Paul Stubbs
Poetry manuscript appraisal Paul Stubbs offers help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it t...
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
WHAT LIES AHEAD, Caroline Clark's collection of essays, is now available ! www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ah... @cclarklewes.bsky.social
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Joseph Schreiber @roughghosts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In the post, a fine collection of essays by @cclarklewes.bsky.social. And I am unlikely to ever write a book, but I am still thrilled to have my name on the (back) cover. @blackheraldpress.bsky.social
Book: What Lies Ahead and other essays by Caroline Clark.Back of book with detailed description including the following blurb:

“In these essays, written over a span of almost two decades, one has the sense that Clark is feeling her way into and through years of accumulated reading, contemplation, and experience to loosen a stream of thoughtful reflection that ebbs and flows as it searches its way towards her reader. Oh, how fortunate to be on the receiving end.”

Joseph Schreiber, essay editor at Minor Literature[s]

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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Today on what would have been her birthday, I celebrate the unique poetic gifts of French poet Jos Roy. Below is a link to her last bi-lingual book published by my press, @blackheraldpress.bsky.social www.blackheraldpress.com/etdedansquan... Translated by @blandinelongre.bsky.social & myself.
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& dedans quantité de soleils - & inside a great many suns | Jos ROY - Black Herald Press
& dedans quantité de soleils & inside a great many suns Jos ROY Black Herald Press
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Big Other @bigothermag.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Delighted to share the news that Paul Stubbs's PREPARATIONS FOR THE AFTERLIFE: SELECTED POEMS, 1992-2025 will be published by Broken Sleep Books later this year. It features four Stubbs poems we published last year! bigother.com/2025/10/08/f... Cc: @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social
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Four Poems, by Paul Stubbs
The Religious Mood “Where does religious feeling come from? From the fact there is a world.” —Simone Weil   —Beginning on the day when, upon a furious terrain, God trialed the first of his swi…
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Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Many thanks to @peterkravitz.bsky.social for his generosity with time and words. Read his full text on the book page: www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ah... 🙏
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Rather than mirrors, Clark offers us doors and windows, inviting us to walk and peer, to better understand what we might otherwise pass by.” @peterkravitz.bsky.social about @cclarklewes.bsky.social ´s WHAT LIES AHEAD www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ahead
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What Lies Ahead | Caroline CLARK | Black Herald Press
What Lies Ahead Caroline CLARK Black Herald Press
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
W.S. Graham reading 'The Nightfishing' on BBC Third Programme, original broadcast in 1952. Via the treasure trove that is @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALe8...
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Poetry Archive and the BBC - W S Graham - 'The Nightfishing'
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Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
exciting book post 🖤 🤍 🖤 from @blackheraldpress.bsky.social www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ah...
Photo of my new book on a wooden bench. The book has a glossy black cover with white lettering reading: 
Caroline Clark
What Lies Ahead
and other essays
Black Herald Press

The centred black and white photo is of a pattern of light made as it falls through a lace curtain. The other three photos posted here were taken that same afternoon in 2022 in my grandmother's Adriatic hometown. I didn't know then that this book lay ahead but I hoped one of these images would be the cover of my next book. Thank you Black Herald for such a beautiful book.
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
poetpstubbs.wixsite.com/paulstubbs/m... "I certainly can recommend Paul’s services, and would say that his presence in my literary journey has become something greatly valued, looking always forward to his analysis and guidance.” —Andre van der Kerkhoff, aka Heinz Krautberger, Artist and writer
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Poetry manuscript appraisal | Paul Stubbs
Poetry manuscript appraisal Paul Stubbs offers help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it t...
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... “Stubbs is one of very few living living poets whose work I go back to “ -Alice Oswald
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Paul Stubbs - Beast, The Lost Chronicles | Broken Sleep Books
With Beast: The Lost Chronicles, Paul Stubbs has fashioned a philosophical, theological, and visionary odyssey that follows W. B. Yeats’ ‘rough beast’, as it strives to free itself from its creator and transcend him, while attempting to understand its purpose in the universe. Mirrored by the syntactical shifts of Stubbs’ singular prosody, this elusive mythical figure traverses ancient to modern times, grappling with the ideas of each age as it encounters pivotal figures
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Vicky MacKenzie @vickymackenzie.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of @cclarklewes.bsky.social's essay collection WHAT LIES AHEAD and it is brilliant. A book to think with.
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Now available! WHAT LIES AHEAD @cclarklewes.bsky.social “These essays have a sublime intelligence and a vivid perceptiveness that give the reader the space to reflect and reconsider the way we live – as readers, writers and human beings. A delight and an inspiration.” @vickymackenzie.bsky.social
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
***New publication this week*** WHAT LIES AHEAD and other essays by Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social The book can be purchased here www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ah...
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
An essay by Daniel Barbiero, “Shestov, Gascoyne, and a Spiritual Crisis of Reason”, exploring David Gascoyne’s "After Ten Years’ Silence - Lev Shestov" (www.blackheraldpress.com/levshestov-l...) appeared in issue 104 of Offcourse literary journal and can be read here offcourse.org/issue104/bar...
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Lev Shestov - Léon Chestov | David GASCOYNE- Black Herald Press
Lev Shestov - Léon Chestov essai bilingue anglais-français David GASCOYNE traduction Michèle Duclos Black Herald Press 2020
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Caroline Clark’s forthcoming collection of essays is at the printer’s and can now be preordered ! www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ahead @cclarklewes.bsky.social
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What Lies Ahead | Caroline CLARK | Black Herald Press
What Lies Ahead Caroline CLARK Black Herald Press
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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IN A DARK TIME
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
www.penguin.co.uk/books/440777...
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Rhapsody
A daring, genre-defying work of non-fiction from one of our greatest poets Alice Oswald goes in search of poetry in its original, wildest form – before it was written down, before it belonged to a si...
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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Meet James Byrne - The Poetry Book Society
We're delighted to share The Banality of Power by James Byrne as our Summer 2026 Recommendation (Broken Sleep Books). James Byrne is a poet, editor, translator and visual artist. His most recent books...
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Blandine Longre @blandinelongre.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
“Life is an endless recruiting of witnesses. It seems we need to be observed in our postures of extravagance or shame, we need attention paid to us. Our own memory is altogether too cherishing…Other accounts are required, other perspectives.“ Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries #literarytranslation
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Caroline Clark’s forthcoming collection of essays can now be preordered www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ahead @cclarklewes.bsky.social
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A new review of my poetry collection BEAST (Broken Sleep Books) compulsivereader.com/2026/02/06/a...
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
“one has the sense that Clark is feeling her way into and through years of accumulated reading, contemplation and experience to loosen a stream of thoughtful reflection... Oh, how fortunate to be on the receiving end” Joseph Schreiber www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ahead @roughghosts.bsky.social
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What Lies Ahead | Caroline CLARK | Black Herald Press
What Lies Ahead Caroline CLARK Black Herald Press
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
poetpstubbs.wixsite.com/paulstubbs/m... « I offer help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it to such a level that it can be submitted to poetry publishers. »
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Poetry manuscript appraisal | Paul Stubbs
Poetry manuscript appraisal Paul Stubbs offers help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it t...
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David Wheatley @nemoloris.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I wonder if anyone might be in the market for a short essay on Beckett’s The Unnamable as a latter-day Gnostic gospel. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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‘Dear Incomprehension’
Samuel Beckett’s The Unnamable as Gnostic Gospel
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Forthcoming “What Lies Ahead" by @cclarklewes.bsky.social “These essays have a sublime intelligence and a vivid perceptiveness that give the reader the space to reflect and reconsider the way we live – as readers, writers and human beings. A delight and an inspiration.” @vickymackenzie.bsky.social
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What Lies Ahead | Caroline CLARK | Black Herald Press
What Lies Ahead Caroline CLARK Black Herald Press
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... The new book by James Byrne, one of the very finest poets of this generation.
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James Byrne - The Banality of Power | Broken Sleep Books
In The Banality of Power, James Byrne anatomises the everyday mechanics of harm, tracing how cruelty becomes procedure, how violence is normalised, and how authority hides in plain sight. These poems ...
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Caroline Clark @cclarklewes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Delighted to announce my new book from @blackheraldpress.bsky.social Thank you @blandinelongre.bsky.social and @paulrstubbs.bsky.social!
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Black Herald Press @blackheraldpress.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We're pleased to announce that our next Black Herald Press publication will be Caroline Clark's "What Lies Ahead", a collection of literary essays that can now be pre-ordered: www.blackheraldpress.com/what-lies-ah... @cclarklewes.bsky.social
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What Lies Ahead | Caroline CLARK | Black Herald Press
What Lies Ahead Caroline CLARK Black Herald Press
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
poetpstubbs.wixsite.com/paulstubbs/m... « I offer help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it to such a level that it can be submitted to poetry publishers. »
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Poetry manuscript appraisal | Paul Stubbs
Poetry manuscript appraisal Paul Stubbs offers help and advice to prepare, develop, and possibly edit your poetry manuscript, with a view to making it as strong and coherent as possible, bringing it t...
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
A new review of my poetry collection BEAST (Broken Sleep Books) compulsivereader.com/2026/02/06/a...
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Paul Stubbs @paulrstubbs.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A review by Daniel Barbiero of The Carbonized Earth, my book on Rimbaud (in Arteidolia) www.arteidolia.com/review-of-pa...
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Review of Paul Stubbs’ A Study on Arthur Rimbaud « ARTEIDOLIA
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Big Other @bigothermag.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Published today: a superb quartet of poems by Michael Lee Rattigan! bigother.com/2026/02/05/f...
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Four Poems, by Michael Lee Rattigan
Underland “If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.” —Walt Whitman Where stalactite meets bone (in God’s childhood) a votive syllable grows. A compound creature’s vertebral mo…
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