Monster Poems
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The January cover of BfK features an illustration from No More Television!, the latest title from Philippe Dupasquier who is the subject of this month's Authorgraph. The book is published by Andersen Press and we're grateful to them for their help in using this on our front cover.
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Monster Poems
Selected by John Foster
The monsters so gaudily presented in this book are mainly of the caricatural kind, with luridly mucilaginous flesh, pustule eyes and sabre teeth. They come snarling and slithering off the page with a ferocity that will delight some readers, though I would have preferred far more diversity of tone. This is, however, provided by the poems. Rowena Somerville presents a touching soliloquy for a monster with a human heart; Judith Nicholls' monster is composed of fears and murmurs; while Brian Moses' Grumposaurus suggests a petulant child. An interesting and visually striking collection which might inspire spirited writing and painting.
