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Ah! The business of poetry blogging

by Robin Houghton on December 19, 2019

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Oh no! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, and yet Matthew Stewart has still generously kept me on his list of ‘Best UK Poetry Blogs of 2019’. Matthew…

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A birthday post and on magazines

by Robin Houghton on October 29, 2019

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Ooh. Lots of interesting discussion & comment around my last post. Thank you to everyone who engaged! (Feels a bit of a sham/shame to use that 21st century term but…

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Small milestones

by Robin Houghton on November 16, 2018

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At the end of October it was my birthday, and over a boozy supper my dear husband suggested we do a ‘dry November’. I couldn’t think of a reason why…

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A few thoughts on ‘truth’

by Robin Houghton on August 16, 2018

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One of the things I like very much about the US poetry magazine Rattle is the ‘Conversation’ at the back. It’s basically editor Timothy Green interviewing a poet, presented as…

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Roundup: 16 US poetry journals with submissions details

by Robin Houghton on August 21, 2017

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In my last post I explained that although I haven’t seriously tried submitting to US poetry journals, I’d like to, and have started doing the research. What follows here is…

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