Blackbox Manifold

11/07/2025

The editors are very pleased to announce the launch of issue 34 (Summer 2025) of Blackbox Manifold. Please click through to:

https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/

and enjoy the work of:

Kat Addis, Sascha Akhtar, Annie Baker, Charlie Baylis, Linda Black, Catherine Bither, Iain Britton, Kimberly Campanello, Imogen Cassels, Joel Chace, Stuart Cooke, Ken Evans, Adam Flint, Alexander Gaul, Anthony John, Trevor Joyce, Matt Kirkham, Mark Lawlor, Ágnes
Lehóczky, Becka Mara McKay, Mendoza, Stephen Nelson, Laurence Morris, Kevin O'Farrell, Joseph Persad, Daniel Remein, Antony Rowland, Mykyta Ryzhykh, Caleb Scott, Jess Smith, Stephen Sutherland, Corey Wakeling, G.C. Waldrep, Erin Wilson.
Olivia Boyle reviews Imogen Cassels. David Brazil reviews Chris Nealon. Adam Piette reviews Kyle Booten, Kimberly Campanello, Dom Hale, Ágnes Lehóczky, Jennifer Soong.

If you enjoy what you see, do please spread the word, and thanks to our excellent poets!

Editors Alex Houen & Adam Piette

Kat Addis Sascha Akhtar Annie Baker Charlie Baylis Linda Black Catherine Bither Iain Britton Kimberly Campanello Imogen Cassels Joel Chace Stuart Cooke Ken Evans Adam Flint Alexander Gaul Anthony John Trevor Joyce Matt Kirkham

20/01/2025

Alex Houen and Adam Piette are delighted to present the latest issue of Blackbox Manifold, issue 33, featuring work by:
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​Miranda Lynn Barnes, Sheila Black, Corbett Buchly, James Byrne, Steve Carll, Mitch Corber, Kelvin Corcoran, John Goodby, Lucy Hamilton, Ralph Hawkins, David Herd, Aishwarya Iyer, Lisa Kelly, Joseph Long, Rod Mengham's translations of Mateusz Żaboklicki, Joseph Minden, Martin Mooney, Paige Pearson, Nell Perry, Ivan Pozzoni, Alex Priestley and Howard Wright. Francis Gene-Rowe introduces David Ashford's Collected Lyrics, Adam Piette reviews Steve Ely, Trudie Gorman and Tom Raworth, and Ralph Pite reviews Philip Terry.
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​https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/

20/08/2024

Hamish Ballantyne Alison Barton Calvin Bedient Nathaniel Calhoun J.R. Carpenter Jonathan Catherall Alix Chauvet James Dufficy Safaa Fathy Safaa Fathy & Anne Waldman William Fuller James Garwood-Cole Catherine Greenwood David Hadbawnik Khaled Hakim Alan Halsey Eddie Heaton Grant

15/08/2024

The editors of Blackbox Manifold are very pleased to be launching summer issue 32:
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​ https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
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​featuring work by:
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​Hamish Ballantyne, Alison Barton, Calvin Bedient, Nathaniel Calhoun, J.R. Carpenter, Jonathan Catherall, Alix Chauvet, James Dufficy, Safaa Fathy & Anne Waldman, William Fuller, James Garwood-Cole, Catherine Greenwood, Khaled Hakim, Alan Halsey, Eddie Heaton, Grant Matthew Jenkins, M.A. King, John Kinsella, Joanne Limburg, Hannah Linden, Alex Marsh, Timothy Mathews, Drew Milne, Burgess Needle, Ralph Pite, John Redmond, Peter Robinson, Georgia San Li, Ian Seed, Kerrin P. Sharpe, Taylor Strickland, Talin Tahajian, Philip Terry and Helen Tookey.
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​A memorial collection of poems in memory of Roy Fisher features contributions by:
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​Fleur Adcock, Michael Anania, Simon Collings, Kelvin Corcoran, Ben Dorey, Laurie Duggan, Allen Fisher, Steven Fowler, Alan Halsey, Robert Hampson, Caleb Klaces, August Kleinzahler, Angela Leighton, Peter Makin, Geraldine Monk, Jane Monson, John Muckle, Adam Piette, Ian Pople, Frances Presley, Denise Riley, Peter Robinson, David Hadbawnik, Gavin Selerie, Robert Sheppard, Sam Trainor, Jeffrey Wainwright, David Wheatley and Cliff Yates.
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​There are reviews of Rowland Bagnall by Mae Losasso and of J.H. Prynne, John Wieners and Alan Halsey by Adam Piette.

If you enjoy what you see & read, please spread the word!

best regards
Adam Piette & Alex Houen

Hamish Ballantyne Alison Barton Calvin Bedient Nathaniel Calhoun J.R. Carpenter Jonathan Catherall Alix Chauvet James Dufficy Safaa Fathy Safaa Fathy & Anne Waldman William Fuller James Garwood-Cole Catherine Greenwood David Hadbawnik Khaled Hakim Alan Halsey Eddie Heaton Grant

15/08/2024

Hamish Ballantyne Alison Barton Calvin Bedient Nathaniel Calhoun J.R. Carpenter Jonathan Catherall Alix Chauvet James Dufficy Safaa Fathy Safaa Fathy & Anne Waldman William Fuller James Garwood-Cole Catherine Greenwood David Hadbawnik Alan Halsey Eddie Heaton Grant Matthew Jenkins

15/08/2024

The editors of Blackbox Manifold are very pleased to be launching summer issue 32:
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​ https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
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​featuring work by:
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​Hamish Ballantyne, Alison Barton, Calvin Bedient, Nathaniel Calhoun, J.R. Carpenter, Jonathan Catherall, Alix Chauvet, James Dufficy, Safaa Fathy & Anne Waldman, William Fuller, James Garwood-Cole, Catherine Greenwood, David Hadbawnik, Alan Halsey, Eddie Heaton, Grant Matthew Jenkins, M.A. King, John Kinsella, Joanne Limburg, Hannah Linden, Alex Marsh, Timothy Mathews, Drew Milne, Burgess Needle, Ralph Pite, John Redmond, Peter Robinson, Georgia San Li, Ian Seed, Kerrin P. Sharpe, Taylor Strickland, Talin Tahajian, Philip Terry and Helen Tookey.
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​A memorial collection of poems in memory of Roy Fisher features contributions by:
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​Fleur Adcock, Michael Anania, Simon Collings, Kelvin Corcoran, Laurie Duggan, Allen Fisher, Steven Fowler, Alan Halsey, Robert Hampson, Caleb Klaces, August Kleinzahler, Angela Leighton, Peter Makin, Geraldine Monk, Jane Monson, John Muckle, Adam Piette, Ian Pople, Frances Presley, Denise Riley, Peter Robinson, Gavin Selerie, Robert Sheppard, Sam Trainor, Jeffrey Wainwright, David Wheatley and Cliff Yates.
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​There are reviews of Rowland Bagnall by Mae Losasso and of J.H. Prynne, John Wieners and Alan Halsey by Adam Piette.

If you enjoy what you see & read, please spread the word!

best regards
Adam Piette & Alex Houen

Hamish Ballantyne Alison Barton Calvin Bedient Nathaniel Calhoun J.R. Carpenter Jonathan Catherall Alix Chauvet James Dufficy Safaa Fathy Safaa Fathy & Anne Waldman William Fuller James Garwood-Cole Catherine Greenwood David Hadbawnik Alan Halsey Eddie Heaton Grant Matthew Jenkins

19/01/2024

The editors of Blackbox Manifold are pleased to announce the launch of the 31st issue of the journal:
https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
featuring poems by Kyle Booten, Daragh Breen, Mark Byers, Sarah-Clare Conlon & Robert Sheppard, Hannah Copley, Michael Farrell, Adam Flint, Charlotte Geater, Paul A. Green, Oli Hazzard, Nicki Heinen, Doug Jones, Joshua Jones, Jee Leong Koh, Jazmine Linklater, Steve Noyes, Simon Perril, Flo Ray, Rahul Santhanam, Geoff Sawers, Kashif Sharma-Patel, Gary Sloboda, Jedediah Smith, Adam Stokell, Kenny Tanemura, John Wilkinson. Adam Piette reviews Kelvin Corcoran and V.R. "Bunny" Lang. Zoë Skoulding reviews Ágnes Lehóczky. John Wilkinson reviews David Grundy & Sabeen Chaudhry.

Kyle Booten Daragh Breen Mark Byers Sarah-Clare Conlon & Robert Sheppard Hannah Copley Michael Farrell Adam Flint Charlotte Geater Paul A. Green Oli Hazzard Nicki Heinen Doug Jones Joshua Jones

26/07/2023

The editors of Blackbox Manifold are delighted to announce the 30th issue of the journal, featuring work by Linda Anderson, Christopher Barnes, Kate Behrens, Riccardo Benzina, Charles Bernstein, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Andrea Brady, David Brazil, Iain Britton, Matt Carbery, Imogen Cassels, James Coghill, Claire Crowther, Dom Hale, Eric Langley & James Gaywood, Anthony Lawrence, Nathaniel Mackey, Peter Manson, Joseph Minden, Eileen Myles, Stuart Pickford, Daniel Remein, Laura Stanley, Ken Taylor, Corey Wakeling, Alan Weadick, Derek Webster, Whiskey Radish.

Included too are memorial work by the late Maurice Scully and an in memoriam section for Catherine Vidler, featuring ten of her last poems. We link through to a recording of the 4th May Sheffield Centre for Poetry and Poetics memorial reading for Alan Halsey, Remembering the Logoclast.

Nell Perry reviews David Grundy, Adam Piette reviews Mark Hyatt, Lee Harwood, Emma Bolland, A J Moore interviews Jeff Hilson.

https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
if you like, do spread the word,

Linda Anderson Christopher Barnes Kate Behrens Riccardo Benzina Charles Bernstein Rachel Blau DuPlessis Andrea Brady David Brazil Iain Britton Matt Carbery Imogen Cassels James Coghill Claire Crowther Dom Hale Eric Langley & James Gaywood

22/03/2023

International poetry journal Blackbox Manifold has a new platform and url:

blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

We hope you enjoy the new look,

best wishes,

Editors, Adam Piette and Alex Houen

11/01/2023

Issue 29 of Blackbox Manifold, edited by Adam Piette and Alex Houen, is out now, with a special Monk Collective curated and edited by Ágnes Lehóczky & Adam Piette, a tribute to Geraldine Monk.
http://www.manifold.group.shef.ac.uk/
It features work by: Nathaniel Calhoun, Kelvin Corcoran, Jordan Deveraux, Carrie Etter, Sam Wilson Fletcher, Adam Flint, Alan Halsey, Dominic Hand, Holly Isemonger, John Kinsella, Mark Lawlor, Fran Lock, Stuart McPherson, Rod Mengham translating Radek Jurczak, Laurence Morris, Peter Robinson, Anthony Rowland, David Sahner, Ian Seed, Kerrin P Sharpe, Catherine Vidler, Isobel Williams, John Zedolik
The special section includes:
A collective 70th birthday tribute to Geraldine Monk, curated by Ágnes Lehóczky & Adam Piette, featuring poems and contributions by:
S Aurora Akhtar, Astrid Alben, Tim Allen, Alan Baker, Tony Baker, Rachael Boast, Emma Bolland, Kimberly Campanello, Alex Rose Cocker, Martin Corless-Smith, Ian Davidson, Nia Davies, Jenny Donnison, Angelina D'Roza, Vera Fibisan, Peter Finch, Nancy Gaffield, Glenda George, Alan Halsey, John Havelda, Jeff Hilson, Linda Kemp, Sharon Kivland, Ágnes Lehóczky, A J Moore, Mendoza (aka Tommy Peeps), Mendoza & Peter Manson, Simon Perril, Adam Piette, Tim Plant, Frances Presley, Denise Riley, Lisa Samuels, Gavin Selerie, Aidan Semmens, Harriet Tarlo, Scott Thurston, with an essay on Geraldine’s early work by Robert Hampson.
Ian Brinton reviews Alan Halsey's Remarks of Uncertain Consequence and Into the Interior by Alan Halsey & Kelvin Corcoran. Adam Piette reviews W.H. Auden, A Poetics of the Press, Jack Spicer, Sharon Kivland. Colin Leemarshall reviews Keston Sutherland. James Davies reviews Greg Thomas.

29/07/2022

Alex Houen and I are happy to announce the 28th issue of Blackbox Manifold, featuring the work of:

Rupsa Banerjee, Kyle Booten, Stephanie Burt, Mark Dow, James Dufficy, Patrick Durgin, Jill Jones, Aaron Kent, Henry King &
Alistair Noon, Jee Leong Koh, Wendy Kyle, Anthony Madrid, James Midgley, Fionnbharr Rodgers, Geoff Sawers, Kenneth Tanemura, Harriet Tarlo, Philip Terry, John Wilkinson, Howard Wright, with reviews and review essays: Adam Piette reviews Andrea Brady, David Herd, Jay Gao, Philip Terry, Maria Sledmere reviews Eleonor Perry, Conrad Steel reviews Alli Warren

We hope you'll agree it’s am exciting issue, and hope you’ll spread the word if you like what you see. Here’s the link (which might need refreshing to get the new issue):

http://www.manifold.group.shef.ac.uk/