In this issue The Reader searches for links: between old and new, between looking at a picture and reading a book, between sound and meaning, between art and life.
Jill Rudd invites readers to tackle Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
‘a saturated richness of language which weaves together imagery, symbol and plot and makes the text shimmer.’Adam Nicholson immerses himself in the art of Paul Klee:
‘ The drawing is a record of time having been passed. It is a capsule of experience.’David Bateman gives some advice on performing poetry:
‘Perform with conviction, even if you have an audience of one man and his dog.’
ALSO: Poetry from Les Murray, Susan Wicks and Dan Jacobson, reviews of Ford Madox Ford and Sebastian Barry, Reader Recommends a trawl through second-hand bookstores.
Features
Les Murray – Thee Poems
Adam Nicolson – Timesponge
Susan Wicks – Thee Poems
Jill Rudd – All in a Game: Sir Gawain in Middle English
Alan Gould – Two Poems
Paul Donnelly – Two Poems
Angela Macmillan – on In Memoriam
Sybil Birch – Two Poems
Dan Jacobson – Poem
Mike Hoy – Two Poems
Steve Rowse – The Place of Fear in Learning
Paul Clark – Poem
Performance Poetry
Dave Hall – Poem
Regulars
Editorial
The Reader Recommends – Fredy Neptune; Our Lady of Sligo; The Good Soldier & Secondhand
Literary Problems? – Ask The Reader
The Continuing Education Experience
Contributors
Buck’s Quiz