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  1. [+]
    Alien Eyes (2 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    A Martian Sends a Postcard Home, by Craig Raine
    1. A Martian Sends a Postcard Home by Craig Raine
    2. Poems, 1962-1978 by Derek Mahon
    The New Statesman, December 14, 1979, p. 947
  2. Anne Frank Huis
    Andrew Motion
    The New Statesman, November 24, 1978, p. 702
  3. [+]
    Bedroomised (Review)
    Andrew Motion
    Collected Ewart, 1933-80, by Gavin Ewart
    1. Collected Ewart, 1933-80 by Gavin Ewart
    The New Statesman, July 25, 1980, p. 20
  4. [+]
    Burning Snow (2 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The Echo Gate, by Michael Longley
    1. The Echo Gate by Michael Longley
    2. Collected Poems, 1942-1977 by W.S. Graham
    The New Statesman, January 11, 1980, p. 61
  5. Dangerous Play (1984)
    Andrew Motion
    Poems 1974-1984
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  6. [+]
    Dazzling (7 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Lies and Secrets, by John Fuller
    1. Lies and Secrets by John Fuller
    2. Selected Poems by Elizabeth Jennings
    3. Moments of Grace by Elizabeth Jennings
    4. The Poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928-1978 by Stanley Kunitz
    5. Forays by Robert Conquest
    6. Poets from the North of Ireland by Frank Ormsby
    7. Five American Poets by Michael Schmidt
    The New Statesman, November 2, 1979, p. 686
  7. [+]
    A Dishonoured Myth (5 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Bells in Winter, by Czeslaw Milosz
    1. Bells in Winter by Czeslaw Milosz
    2. The Island Normal by Brian Jones
    3. Metrical Observations by David Wright
    4. Evidences by W.G. Shepherd#2
    5. Dragons by Gavin Bantock
    The New Statesman, February 8, 1980, p. 214
  8. [+]
    Flogged (3 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Remains of Elmet, by Ted Hughes
    1. Remains of Elmet by Ted Hughes
    2. The Inner Harbour by Fleur Adcock
    3. The River and the Train by Edwin Brock
    The New Statesman, June 8, 1979, p. 833
  9. From the Imperial
    Andrew Motion
    The New Statesman, March 21, 1980, p. 443
  10. [+]
    Glow & Haze (2 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Preoccupations, by Seamus Heaney
    1. Preoccupations by Seamus Heaney
    2. Selected Poems, 1965-1975 by Seamus Heaney
    The New Statesman, November 14, 1980, p. 22
  11. [+]
    Hating Directives (5 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The Illusionists, by John Fuller
    1. The Illusionists by John Fuller
    2. Victorian Voices by Anthony Thwaite
    3. A Night in the Gazebo by Alan Brownjohn
    4. Englishman's Road by Jeremy Hooker
    5. Shifting Frontiers by Peter Jay
    The New Statesman, December 5, 1980, pp. 22-23
  12. [+]
    In Retreat (5 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The Slant Door, by George Szirtes
    1. The Slant Door by George Szirtes
    2. Fiction by Peter Reading
    3. From the House Opposite by John Mole
    4. Blue Wine, and Other Poems by John Hollander
    5. Memorials of the Quick and the Dead by Maureen Duffy
    The New Statesman, August 31, 1979, p. 311
  13. Keats: A Biography (1998)
    Andrew Motion
    4 Reviews
  14. The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit (1986)
    Andrew Motion
    2 Reviews
  15. [+]
    Land of Lost Content (3 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    In Guilt and in Glory, by David Hanly
    1. In Guilt and in Glory by David Hanly
    2. Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
    3. Pretty Doll Houses by Gabriel Fielding
    The New Statesman, April 27, 1979, p. 600
  16. A Lyrical Ballad
    Andrew Motion
    The Paris Review, Spring 1984, pp. 88-90
  17. [+]
    Natural (Review)
    Andrew Motion
    Edward Thomas on the Countryside, by Roland Gant and Edward Thomas
    1. Edward Thomas on the Countryside by Roland Gant and Edward Thomas
    The New Statesman, April 22, 1977, p. 535
  18. [+]
    On the Frontier (2 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The Strange Museum, by Tom Paulin
    1. The Strange Museum by Tom Paulin
    2. Survivors by William Peskett
    The New Statesman, April 4, 1980, p. 517
  19. One Life
    Andrew Motion
    The New Statesman, July 27, 1979, p. 136
  20. Out of the Blue
    Andrew Motion
    The Paris Review, Spring 1998, pp. 36-39
  21. The Patient
    Andrew Motion
    The New Statesman, April 7, 1978, p. 470
  22. The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry (1983)
    Blake Morrison and Andrew Motion
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  23. Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life (1993)
    Andrew Motion
    6 Reviews, 1 Readable
  24. The Pleasure Steamers (1978)
    Andrew Motion
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  25. Poetry
    Andrew Motion
    Encounter, April 1978, p. 52
  26. Readings
    Andrew Motion
    A Dream of Peace
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1991, pp. 42-43
  27. [+]
    Running on the Spot (4 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Death Valley, and Other Poems in America, by Alan Ross
    1. Death Valley, and Other Poems in America by Alan Ross
    2. Selected Poems by Patricia Beer
    3. Over the Wall by Andrew Waterman
    4. Seeing the World by Dick Davis
    The New Statesman, July 4, 1980, p. 24
  28. Secret Narratives (1983)
    Andrew Motion
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  29. [+]
    Self's the Man (4 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The Face Behind the Face, by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
    1. The Face Behind the Face by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
    2. Selected Poems by Richard Murphy
    3. From the School of Eloquence by Tony Harrison
    4. Life Before Death by P.J. Kavanagh
    The New Statesman, April 20, 1979, p. 562
  30. [+]
    Some New Strain (4 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Why Brownlee Left, by Paul Muldoon
    1. Why Brownlee Left by Paul Muldoon
    2. The Morning of the Poem by James Schuyler
    3. The Changing Problem by Ian McMillan
    4. Constantly Singing by James Simmons
    The New Statesman, September 26, 1980, pp. 21-22
  31. [+]
    Time Trouble (3 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The Twyborn Affair, by Patrick White
    1. The Twyborn Affair by Patrick White
    2. And Again? by Sean O'Faolain
    3. Chog by Quentin Crisp
    The New Statesman, September 28, 1979, p. 470
  32. Books & Arts
    [+]
    The Two Voices (Review)
    Andrew Motion
    Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart, by Robert Bernard Martin
    1. Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart by Robert Bernard Martin
    The New Statesman, December 12, 1980, p. 16
  33. [+]
    Veils and Veins (3 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    Summer Palaces, by Peter Scupham
    1. Summer Palaces by Peter Scupham
    2. The Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht
    3. Sibyls and Others by Ruth Fainlight
    The New Statesman, May 9, 1980, p. 717
  34. Wainewright the Poisoner (2000)
    Andrew Motion
    1 Review
  35. [+]
    Ways of Isolation (5 Reviews)
    Andrew Motion
    The New Cratylus, by A.D. Hope
    1. The New Cratylus by A.D. Hope
    2. Enemies of Poetry by William B. Stanford
    3. The Fierce Embrace by Charles Molesworth
    4. A Revolution in Taste by Louis Aston Marantz Simpson
    5. Semiotics of Poetry by Michael Riffaterre
    Encounter, July 1980, pp. 65-68
  36. Wooding
    Andrew Motion
    The New Statesman, February 8, 1980, p. 214
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