4x4th Estate: Alternative Love Poems
Disclaimer: This article contains mention of an expletive that may cause offence. Love Again by Philip Larkin Ahh, ‘Love Again’, you think, settling into your chair with a pleasant sigh, supping on...
View Article4 Tracks: Erik Didriksen
As part of our music-themed month on the blog, we’ve been asking our authors to talk us through four songs that have in some way shaped their writing. Erik Didriksen, whose Pop Sonnets blog sent the...
View ArticleShake it like Shakespeare: An Introduction to Pop Sonnets
Yesterday we published Erik Didriksen’s fantastic anthology of Shakespearean spins on pop songs, Pop Sonnets. Last night Erik’s sonnets were featured on Simon Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show, to...
View ArticlePodcast: 4 Poems – Andrew Marr
‘I hope that it adds up to a new way of thinking about who we have been, and who we are now’ Andrew Marr’s new book, We British: The Poetry of a People is out now, published by 4th Estate Books. The...
View ArticleBurns Night, and ‘We British’
‘As a half-Scot who grew up in darkest Argyll, I have a certain fondness for Burns Night, and over the years I’ve seen celebrations of the birthday of Scotland’s best-loved poet take many different...
View ArticleCharles Bukowski with cats.
the history of a tough motherfucker he came to the door one night wet boney beaten and terrorized. a white cross-eyed tailless cat I took him in and fed him and he stayed got to trust until a friend...
View ArticleStaff Picks: 4 Favourite Bukowski Poems | 4x4th Estate
To celebrate this month’s release of Essential Bukowski: Poetry by Charles Bukowski, we’ve rounded up the gang to share their favourite lyrics from this compact yet comprehensive collection. Some of us...
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