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Both Deep And Dazzling

Sebastian Smee THE EARLY STORIES, 1953-1975 by John Updike Ha mish Hamilton, £25, pp. 838, ISBN 0241142144 R ivalled only by the Rabbit novels, John Updike's early stories — the......

Westward, Look, The Verse Is Bright

Byron Rogers THE BLOODAXE BOOK OF MODERN WELSH POETRY edited by Menna Elfyn and John Rowlands Bloodaxe Books, £10.95, pp. 448, ISBN 1852245492 T his, the most comprehensive......