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 Seven

featuring poems and responses by:

Rachael Allen, Sam Buchan-Watts, Jake Campbell, Eleanor Chandler, Jenny Holden, Sylvia Legris, Alex MacDonald, Kiki Petrosino, Katrina Porteous, & Matthew Welton

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'looking at the map’s edge' Hooray for @ForwardPrizes winner Vahni Capildeo! An interview in the Prac Crit archive: https://t.co/Dqxxxns36I

To celebrate her @ForwardPrizes win last week, here's @SashaDugdale from the Prac Crit archive: https://t.co/GAV3ga2ZGg

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Recent Features

Harmony Holiday

“I will never be one to use form in the ways that some poets do, because of my dance background. The body should move, and the poem should move like the body. The body doesn’t move in couplets, for me.”

The City Admits no Wrongdoing 2016

Interview by Natalya Anderson