Prac Crit

is an online journal of poetry and criticism, dedicated to reading contemporary poems up close. Three times a year, we publish an edition of essays, interviews and reflections from poets, along with our rolling features.

Current: Edition Ten

featuring poems and responses by:

Tara Bergin, Rachael Boast, Holly Corfield Carr, Josefin Holmström, Sarah Howe, Caleb Klaces, Arun Kolatkar, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Lucy Mercer, Vidyan Ravinthiran, & JT Welsch

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Recent Features

Ruth Padel

“...you go down deep into yourself and the past, and it’s hard – you might see ghosts, or worse things than ghosts, which are in you. That’s where the poems are going to come from; good stuff comes out of the dark.”

SALON NOIR 2018

Interview by Declan Ryan