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PN Review is a leading literary independent journal that provides readers with the opportunity to discover outstanding new poetry. Each issue features a diverse range of poems in English and in translation as well as interviews, literary criticism, essays and reports from around the world. Subscribers will have access to the complete and uniquely rich digital archive, as well as each new issue published.
The November-December 2020 issue
Vahni Capildeo’s Letter from Quarantine and Andrew Fitzsimons’ poetry from ‘Bashō in Lockdown’
Essays by David Rosenberg and Ricardo Nirnberg on the effect and implications of Lockdown for poetry, literature, and the human imagination
Michael Freeman’s reflections on Boethius writing his great philosophical poem ‘The Consolation of Philosophy’ while in “lockdown” in ancient times
New poetry by Andrew Mears, Victoria Kennefick, Wong May, and Maryam Hessavi
New to PN Review this issue: Andrew Fitzsimons, Jennifer Wong, and Nilton Santiago
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