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Since it was founded in 1912, The Poetry Review has been home to the world’s best writing – by both internationally renowned and emerging poets, newcomers and Nobel Prize winners. Sample selected highlights from the current and back issues online. Listen in on our ever expanding podcast series of interviews with leading poets including: Selima Hill, Luke Kennard, Rachel Long, Simon Armitage, Sandeep Parmar, Nick Makoha, Don Paterson, Denise Riley, Ray Antrobus (transcript available); Fiona Benson and many more. Read the story behind the poems in our online feature Behind the Poem, and find out about what our contributors are reading and listening to in Poetry Mixtape. The magazine welcomes submissions from prospective contributors.
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