Masters Robin Moger

Masters Robin MogerFrom John Singer Sargent to Francis Bacon and Keith Haring covering romantic landscapes and surreal portraits Masterscurates a gallery of writing in response to paintings by queer men. Mark Wards voice inks that of the artist, the subject, and the viewer across poems exploring desire, grief, shame, defiance and surrender. Tender and daring,Mastersgoes in search of a shared queer male history across the past century, and invites us to look more deeply

At their heart is an unwavering curiosity about how people behave in extreme situations

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alongside translations by Gabriel Rosenstock and Robert Bly

Byron and British rapper Roots Manuva have in common

They might be set alongside the Mother Tongues issue of MPT as testimony of the packed plethora of voices in the British Isles today

Sheyla Smanioto

and mastery of

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and Vona Groarke

Mary becomes the sex toy of a high official of the regime

writing a play about computer dating

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