Category Archives: Essays

Empyrean Suite – a homage to my friend Fawzi Karim.

Posted on July 12, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here is a link to my homage to my friend Fawzi Karim – Empyrean Suite – together with an obituary to this great poet and noble man. All in the Fortnightly Review. Also, here is a link to the obituary … Continue reading →

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Teaching Writing and Art in Jail

Posted on May 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

A talk given for Confer: The Masks of Masculinity – Exploring the Links Between Male Vulnerability and Violence (18th May 2019) – at Foyles Bookshop.  In the early years of this century I started teaching creative writing and art in … Continue reading →

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SATIRE for the Millenium

Posted on April 16, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very pleased that my essay on satire is now posted on The Fortnightly – Satire for the Millenium

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TACTILE, UNTOUCHABLE

Posted on February 16, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Here is a new review for the Fortnightly Review – Tactile, Untouchable Looking at three stunning works of visual art on show in London just recently. I am dedicating this review here to the memory of Mary Maclean Another Review … Continue reading →

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Writing as the plough turns.

Posted on January 30, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

Very interesting article about Boustrophedon writing which I came across  – by David L O’Hara. It proved rewarding to research I am did into the relationship between dance steps and the metrical foot in poetic scansion, with regard to the … Continue reading →

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Statius: Silvae

Posted on November 22, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

STATIUS: SILVAE Sleep, Silence’ child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince, whose approach peace to all mortals brings, Indifferent host to shepherds and to kings, Sole comforter of minds with grief opprest; Lo, by thy charming rod all breathing things … Continue reading →

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We Live in a Nuthouse

Posted on August 20, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

  Brilliant piece in Hyperallergic.  Click here for this Studs Terkel/Zero Mostel interview posted by Karen Schiff.

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Roeg Elements: innovation and risk

Posted on August 11, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Nicolas Roeg, by Michael Clark, National Portrait Gallery   Very pleased that my new piece for Nicolas Roeg on his 90th Birthday is here – “Roeg Elements” Published by the Fortnightly Review. Celebrating younger poets – including Emma Hammond, Natacha … Continue reading →

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APPENDICES to THE STEP IS THE FOOT

Posted on July 27, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Appendices to The Step is the Foot.  (plus “Corrections” at the foot of this post) Appendix 1 The Pendulum Plot of Philoctetes by Sophocles Appendix 2 Outback Research Trip Appendix 3: TRANSLATION: A QUERY Appendix 4: Developing the madrigal Appendix 5: … Continue reading →

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In Defence of Obscenity

Posted on July 15, 2018 by anthonyhowelljournal

Interesting post here In Defense of Obscenity

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