The Digital Nib

His table at the kafeneion was left unoccupied, out of respect. Kalliope, who still leased the corner kiosk selling newspapers and cigarettes, wept. He had been her favourite customer, because of his quiet courtesy.

Ada Wofford reviews Dana St Mary's 'Giants of Sand'

Adam J Sorkin generously shares what it means to be creative and co-creative in the translation process, focusing on the joys and challenges of artistic collaborations.

Jeff Santosuosso reviews Eleanor Kedney's 'Between the Earth and Sky'

Benny opens mouth to brush teeth. I sit scowling between bottom incisors. Tongue hangs over me like umbrella. Drool drips around me. He looks happy. Glad someone is happy.

Delve into the dark world of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch through these two evocative poems in the ekphrastic tradition by Australian poet Jena Woodhouse!

'Eavan gave me the letters of Lowell and Bishop so that I would see one relationship between a man and a woman who were literary equals, and see that he regarded her as such. That’s how to teach.' Irish woman of letters, Mary O’Malley speaks to Tracy Gaughan about her life in literature, education and music, the rich culture that shaped her imagination and why place is not always tethered to location.

Elegant and well-crafted poems from one of Scotland's foremost writers, Dilys Rose.

Kluckman will be recognized by readers who understand the mind's darkness, its depths and razor sharp turns.

Nilgun Marmara's poems in the translation of Sevda Akyuz exult in color and grief equally and seduce the reader with their vividness.

Emma Lee reviews Gary Glauber's 'Rocky Landscape with Vagrants'.

In our age of overblown expression, the chiselled lines and deliberate imagism of Australian poet Jules Leigh Koch are a real treat!

Sevda Aykuz's poem captures tender vulnerability in a striking, fleeting moment.

Syracuse retired librarian, Martin Willetts Jr, is an activist for poetry, an editor for Comstock Review with many collections and awards.

Emma Lee reviews Simon Currie's Enchanter's Nightshade.

Unfortunately, before the documentary can be completed, he meets his demise—along with the entire crew—via a roving violent disinformed Capitalist mob of #MeMyself&I...

The earthly and the mythic are in constant interplay in these poems by Mary Madec.

Charline Poirier reviews Graeme Hall's 'The Goddess of Macau'

See the poetry in scientific discovery through the discerning and tender eye of Australian poet Kathryn Fry!

The fog was thick at half past three, so when I walked into the street, I imagined this was how it must feel to live in the ear canal of a giant.

Emma Lee reviews 'Dominion' anthology edited by Zelda Knight and Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald

Laura Dan's poems seduce the reader with their simple, visual touch and their dainty details.

Chloe Jacques reviews 'No Spider was harmed in the making of this book' edited by Cherry Potts for Arachne Press's 8th anniversary.

Three vivid narrative poems from Patricia Davis-Muffett, each of three describing a different experience from the many tragedies of 2020.

Duffy’s vibrant poetry allows us to travel through a whole spectrum of colour, whilst standing still.

He seems not to hear the rasping squeak of the screen door opening to produce two children who tread softly to stand immobile in the chemically green grass like lawn statuary, beardless garden gnomes in cartoon pajamas.

There is a wistfulness to this playful postmodern piece by New Zealand poet, Kit Willett, which will haunt you long after you’ve finished reading it!

In this generous, witty conversation, Andrei Codrescu confesses 'Writing poetry is the only skill the young need.'

Carla Scarano D'Antonio reviews Patrick B Osada's 'From the Family Album'.

‘I hope I have been true to what was given to me to say, and that I have dealt honestly with the language.’ The Blue Nib welcomes Irish man of letters, Theo Dorgan who took time out to speak to Tracy Gaughan about his life in literature, the new flourishing in Irish language poetry and spending time with Doris Lessing

Well versed in Western literature, a fact borne out in the quality and flexibility of his style, O’Rourke’s poems evoke and challenge a millenia old tradition.

Described as ‘one of Australia’s most gifted poets', Judith Beveridge, speaks of her passion both for poetry and for the natural world.

Not for nothing is Judith Beveridge known as ‘one of Australia’s most gifted poets of both the natural and the human world’, as these two works amply demonstrate!

Ahead of appearing in issue 44. Award-winning poet and writer, Una Mannion talks candidly with Dave Kavanagh about her early life, her writing day and why she finds particular comfort in prose.

Emma Lee reviews Peter Mitchell's 'Conspiracy of Skin'

Poetry from Frances Roberts-Reilly a direct descendant of Abram Wood and the notable family of Welsh triple harpists, fiddlers and storytellers.

Quirky contemporary poems from USA's Michael Martin

Strange how it’s the names of things, the nouns, that leak away. You’d think words that are some of the first we learn – teddy, milk, ball, hat – would be more embedded