Emma Lee has written a generous and keenly attuned review of The Knives of Villalejo for London Grip, picking up on cultural and linguistic tensions that run through the collection, coming to the following conclusion:
"At face value, these are gentle poems that wear their craft lightly; but a second look reveals their identifiable truths. Like a good wine, Matthew Stewart’s poems have a long finish."
You can read the review in full here.
My local writers group began as a "Circle" in 1948. It removed "Circle"
from its name decades ago because of the connotations that "Circle" had
then. Tho...
