Sue Dymoke obituary
Other lives: Teacher, academic and poet
Charlie Watts’ book collection to be sold at Christie’s
Rare books owned by the Rolling Stones drummer – including first editions of The Great Gatsby and The Hound of the Baskervilles – will be auctioned this autumn
Poem of the week: Silence by Marianne Moore
A man who might seem rather snooty gradually reveals himself as cultured and restrained, rather like Moore’s art
The Guardian view on spoken word poets: powerful voices that are needed today
Editorial: Traditionally looked down on by the poetry establishment, those specialising in performance deserve their new chance to shine
Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan review – all the best punchlines
Pugilism and personal reflections trade blows in a clear-sighted and adroit debut collection
Poem of the week: Dear Bird by Howard Altmann
A dead bird stumbled upon during a walk leads the poet on an inward journey confronting historical and biological cycles and the act of writing itself
‘We exist upon the fringe of the world’: the queer American poets who battled madness and obscurity
Jack Spicer and John Wieners both wrote about their homosexuality – and in 50s America, that made them a threat. Forgotten for decades, finally their strange, anguished work has been unearthed
‘Translation is an art’: why translators are battling for recognition
Like any author, translators want to receive credit for their work instead of being treated as an afterthought
Hot off the press: authors pick their page-turners for summer
From murder mysteries to comic novels, Maggie Shipstead, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Nina Stibbe, Paul Murray and other authors choose unputdownable favourites for your summer break
The best recent poetry – review roundup
Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri; Wound Is the Origin of Wonder by Maya C Popa; The Recycling by Joey Connolly; Crisis Actor by Declan Ryan
Richard Ford: ‘I don’t read for comfort. Comfort I source elsewhere’
The Pulitzer prizewinning author on taking life lessons from Chekhov, warming to Woolf and reading Larkin on loop
Forward prizes for poetry add new award for performed poems
The addition marks the first time spoken-word artists have been recognised by the literary prize, a move described as ‘much-needed’ and ‘momentous’
Twitter rips into Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘pretentious’ poetry – except it’s actually by Shelley
The former Labour leader posted the famous ‘Rise like lions’ verse to promote his poetry anthology – but Twitter users thought it was his own, and weren’t impressed
Author Michael Rosen wins 2023 PEN Pinter prize for ‘fearless’ body of work
Writer of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a ‘passionate linguist, gifted humanist, national treasure and ambassador of gibberish’
Poem of the week: My Strike-a-Light by John Birtwhistle
An ancient stone once used to produce sparks was excavated in the grave of a child. This elegy rekindles her memory