The article shed some light on one of the darker arts and raised some interesting questions, some of them left unanswered. Sameer Rahim, the author of the article, spoke to certain London poetry editors—all male—who expressed varying opinions on how to...

For example, his colleague at Faber, Paul Keegan, is not a poet but still a distinguished poetry editor. Most important is that “an editor listens to an author tuning into their poems”. Don Paterson is one of Hollis’s most successful poets. His last...

The complete archive is available to subscribers in the digital edition. If you subscribe to the magazine, register now to get access. If you don't, subscribe now. All articles published before May, 2008, can be found in “The Complete New Yorker,”...

"Our project represents a challenge to the traditional hierarchies and conservative instincts that characterize much of the modern literary world." The advisory board of the Montreal Prize reflects its global approach, and includes Jamaican-born poet...

And we all go with them, into the silent funeral, Nobody's funeral, for there is no one to bury. I've ventured into more Philip Larkin with fiction and letters alongside the poetry and then of course deeply into the life and poetry of Edward Thomas. ...

£16.99) was a distilled, poetic, and chilling fictional account of a child living under tyranny before the Arab Spring. My main recommendation, however, is both a beautiful book and, at the same time, a sound investment. Hiding in Full View is a...