‘The book is inflected by a general sense of apprehension that we all have at present – an awareness of the possibility of world-ending events.’
Four Poems André Naffis-Sahely·29th May 2018Vanishing Act Only two out of ten people die in Abu Dhabi, the rest simply fail to have...Number 45 | Europe in PiecesVerse
My Grandmother Arrives in the Home Counties Will Burns·29th May 2018I. To wind up here of all places, sometime after the war – a fighter pilot husband from...Number 45 | Europe in PiecesVerse
¡Qué tontos los ingleses! Martha Sprackland·29th May 2018Brexit feels personal. In my late teens I lived in Madrid, the solar plexus of the body of...Number 45 | Europe in PiecesReportageVerse
Even Worstward, Oh (Brexit Beckett Rag) Chris Power·29th May 2018Three years. Three years on and ever worse. Sick of the either we tried the other. Now sick...Number 45 | Europe in PiecesVerse
The love languages of Donald J. Trump, Jr. Elana Seplow-Jolley·14th March 2018Rob could we speak now? It feels like it’s been a timeless century, my heart overgrown with lichen and green moss.Number 44 | The Female GazeVerse
Pemberton Noelle Kocot·28th November 2017That was the promise, a triumph Of the soul. I still believe that. The Waters are delinquent, the...Number 43 | Have We Gone Blind?Verse
The Home of the Foot Noelle Kocot·28th November 2017That’s about as exciting as a vee of Geese – in other words, it’s very exciting! A man...Number 43 | Have We Gone Blind?Verse
Books Heathcote Williams·3rd July 2017The first flash mob in Europe met in Rome on 24 June 2003. Three hundred people entered Messaggerie...Number 15 | The Québec IssueVerse
Tourism Jay Barnett·29th June 2017A poem from the back of issue 42, the very last page, the last thing you'll be able to read of the issue, by Jay Barnett. Number 42 | Days of ShameVerse
Statement & Legal Activities Ester Naomi Perquin·21st January 2017Statement I wasn’t there that night. And if I was, I didn’t know. Not that they were drinking,...Number 41 | How Can This Be Possible? A Survey of Dutch WritingVerse
Four Poems by Mustafa Stitou Mustafa Stitou·21st January 2017On leaving the bar I heard / a painter say that astronauts / often grew up without a father.Number 41 | How Can This Be Possible? A Survey of Dutch WritingVerse
Table Talk Ester Naomi Perquin·21st January 2017Table Talk (consisting of three poems) 1 When people talk about people they say ‘they’. They do it...Number 41 | How Can This Be Possible? A Survey of Dutch WritingVerse
