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'The current British poetry issue presents two significant features. The first—co-edited and introduced by Sam Ladkin & Robin Purves—presents 80 pages of poems by: Andrea Brady Chris Goode Peter Manson Keston Sutherland Plus critical commentaries on the four poets by John Wilkinson, Jeremy Noel-Tod, Sam Ladkin, Simon Jarvis, & Matt Ffytche. * * * The second feature presents fifteen reviews of new books of British poetry and well as some startling bonus material: Calvin Bedient on Seamus Heaney & Charles Tomlinson Forrest Gander on J.H. Prynne V. Joshua Adams on Lee Harwood R.H. Abbott on Michael Haslam Michael Robbins on Martin Corless-Smith Leila Wilson on Sarah Law Heidi Lynn Staples on Peter Finch Robert P. Baird on Peter Larkin Rusty Morrison on Thomas A. Clark John Lennox on Geraldine Monk Kai Fierle Hedrick on Caroline Bergvall Mark Scroggins on John Wilkinson Peter Manson on Gael Turnbull Adam Piette on Barry MacSweeney Kent Johnson on Andrew Duncan A long note by Keith Tuma on some younger British poets: Jow Lindsay, Emily Critchley, Sean Bonney, and others! Letters by Peter Riley and Catherine Wagner Poster insert by Andrew Duncan entitled "Styles of British Poetry 1945–2000"' Familiarity breeds content.