New Poetry: Goodman, McCullough, Saphra and Potts in London

Four poets read from their debut collections, plus music from Ethan Saphra. Hosted by the fabulous Amy Key.

Entry: Free

James Goodman’s Claytown (Salt Publishing).

Cornwall’s mineral, maritime and moorland realities are present here in a vital and present-day idiom, shot through with tough and compelling lyricism. An exciting and thoughtful debut.
– Penelope Shuttle

http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/9781844712595.htm

John McCullough’s The Frost Fairs (Salt Publishing).

There’s a sense of wonder in these poems, a delight in the universe; a sense that life can be perpetually strange and fascinating; that we’re always on the edge of something new. John McCullough is a poet for whom language is a flexible gift. He can be formal and controlled, colloquial and intimate, sensuous and saucy.
- Catherine Smith

http://www.johnmccullough.co.uk/

Jacqueline Saphra’s The Kitchen of Lovely Contraptions (Flipped Eye).

Jacqueline Saphra’s poems are simultaneously as searing, sexy, funny and cleansing as any poems on earth – she has the gift of the sifter mixed with the power of the big sharp knife! Do not miss these savory pleasures.
- Naomi Shihab Nye

http://www.jacqueline.saphra.net/

Kate Potts’ Pure Hustle (Bloodaxe).

Pure Hustle is a gem of book in which Kate Potts conjures a poetry which astonishes and moves the reader. The texture of her language – its deft and surprising turns, its intense musicality – allows the many voices in these poems to soar.
– Jo Shapcott

http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Kate+Potts