nthposition online magazine

Seven poets for Oxfam

Helen Dunmore, Nathan Hamilton, Cralan Kelder, Gwyneth Lewis, Kathryn Maris, Sudeep Sen & Lemn Sissay. Tuesday May 20th, 7pm, at Oxfam Books & Music, 91 Marylebone High St, London W1. Hosted by nthposition's very own Todd Swift

A grain of dissimilarity

by Laurence O'Dwyer

[ politics | places - may 08 ]

In Greek legend a chimere is a fearful, fire-belching monster with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail. For Haitians it means a gangster.

Rosemarie

review by Ian Simmons

[ cdreviews ]

Break out the patchouli, guys...

Toulouse on track

by David Finkle

[ fiction - may 08 ]

"Standing there in a frilly bathroom and pink mules with pompoms on the instep was a bruiser needing a shave and a good rinse to remove the vestiges of the previous night's eye make-up."

Six feet over

review by Tom Ruffles

[ strangeness | bookreviews ]

Oh, Death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling?

Conversations with a continent - Congo, South Africa & Angola

by Ron Singer

[ politics | places - may 08 ]

This spring, a series of panels of experts on Africa is being held in New York. We present summaries of these panels.

The shoe string miracle

by Gaither Stewart

[ fiction - may 08 ]

"Their legs dangling over the vertical drop, the two of them, the village idiot and the tall Russian painter, stare fixedly at the ravine below. For several moments they sit in silence. "

The big steal in Zimbabwe

by Stephen Chan

[ politics | opinion - may 08 ]

There are a lot of people running scared in ZANU-PF, and their time-honoured tactic is now to start running violent.

Bits Of Wood/Bouts De Bois

review by Ian Simmons

[ bookreviews ]

More aural gorgeousness from the man who plays trees.

Making poor nations rich

review by Elisa Nay

[ politics | opinion | bookreviews ]

"The best way to help the poor is to achieve as high a level of economic freedom as possible."

A hole in the world

review by Douglas Messerli

[ filmreviews ]

Burton's Sweeney Todd remains loyal to Sondheim's dark paean to love and revenge.

Digression

by Sue Lange

[ fiction - may 08 ]

"One day when I was driving in a red convertible with the top down, I got off 78 to use the restroom at an unknown exit."

Norse Ireland - a nation once again

by Seamus Sweeney

[ opinion - may 08 ]

"The traditional view of Irish history emphasises the suffering of the noble Celtic (and its often implied, fundamentally Catholic) Irish."

Maybe

by William Aarnes

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Feminine musk

by Sudeep Sen

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Last words 1666 & Talking to tourists

by Jessica Slentz

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Hero

by Kevin Higgins

[ poetry - may 08 ]

on the question of which thefts are justified: a series of poems after the Tang poet, Meng Jiao

by Kit Kelen

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Departure lounge

by Tolu Ogunlesi

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Fire burst through the ceiling

by Jane Holland

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Holes which once held

by Megan Jones

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Of my

by Janet Jackson

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Ecclesiastes, reduced to

by Mark Yakich

[ poetry - may 08 ]

By all means

by Frank Praeger

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Hinge memory: post-Communist & Karaoke blackout

by Nick Admussen

[ poetry - may 08 ]

Recommended reading

My temporary son

by Timeri N Murari

[ people - february 05 ]

An orphan's tale.

The waxwing slain

by Seamus Sweeney

[ fiction - april 04 ]

"The history of literature - the movements filled with lofty ideas, the endless manifestos and counter-manifestos, the all-too-serious sense of mission - can be considered a history of envy."

The Rough Guide to yodel

review by Ian Simmons

[ cdreviews ]

For fans of sarcastic yodelling everywhere.

Random reading

Death of a revolutionary

by Kevin Higgins

[ people | poetry - august 06 ]

Inspired by the death of Ted Grant (1913-2006)