Carl’s Job

from ‘The Departure’ (Salt, 2012)

Sep 8 • Chris Emery

Rooms

Inside the sweet and charmless one, the filthy one, the room with flies or night wasps singing far too high. Shutterless and bleached and…

Sep 8 • Chris Emery

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Minor Comedy

from ‘Wonder’ (Salt, 2025)

Sep 4 • Chris Emery

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October 2025

The Stuff Between Us

It may happen when you lift your collar, stepping through some truly bilious weather one Friday morning in November, watching pale commuters work the…

Oct 25, 2025 • Chris Emery

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June 2025

Doing It All Wrong

Why dropping out still matters

Jun 22, 2025 • Chris Emery

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May 2025

On Poetry as Bestowal

I want to consider a poem as a ‘bestowal’.

May 5, 2025 • Chris Emery

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April 2025

On Wonder: Why We Still Need It

📖 New Collection: Wonder

Apr 26, 2025 • Chris Emery

Ringing in the Changes

The bells may echo on Wall Street, but there's another tune to dance to

Apr 8, 2025 • Chris Emery

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March 2025

From our London correspondent

A brief report on the London Book Fair 2025

Mar 14, 2025 • Chris Emery

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A short talk on a life of reading

A talk to teenagers

Mar 5, 2025 • Chris Emery

Lessons in Art

In praise of the poem sequence (which I love)

Mar 4, 2025 • Chris Emery

February 2025

Cheap

I shall write an ode to cheap stuff—

Feb 27, 2025 • Chris Emery

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