Tears in the Fence is an independent literary journal established in November 1984. Our tri-annual publication includes poetry, prose, translations, reviews and essays by well known and emerging writers from around the world. We embrace neo-Romantic, modernist and post-modernist developments in British and American poetry and have been an outlet for prominent poets associated with the British Poetry Revival as well as later generations of British, black and Asian poets. We have editorial bases in UK, France, Australia and USA.
The current issue:
As 2011 finally unwinds, we are delighted to announce that the publication of the latest issue, No 54 is now winging its way around the world. Even better, publication of the new issue coincides with the construction of this box fresh website! Hurrah! It’s been a long time coming but we are finally, properly digital and there are many ways that you can interact with us. You can like our page or join our group on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, subscribe to the magazine AND newsletter and donate to our cause – it’s easy, just look at the sidebar on the right and click away.
Issue 54 is jam packed with poetry, translation and prose by the likes of Elizabeth Barrett, Kate Guthrie Caruso, Rita Dahl, Carrie Etter, Lindsey Holland, John Kinsella, Gerald Locklin, Ziba Karbassi, Mark Newell, Anamaria Crowe Serrano, Séan Street, Jessie Volk and Grahaeme Barrasford Young. The critical section includes Jennifer K. Dick on Michelle Naka Pierce, Ian Brinton on Nigel Wheale, Norman Jope on New Order: Hungarian Poets of the Post 1989 Generation, John Welch on Fawzi Karim, Valeria Melchioretti on Gill Gregory, Steve Spence on Tim Allen and Rupert Loydell, Anthony Barnett’s Antonyms on Aimé Cesaire and D.S. Marriott, Sarah Hopkins’s Noise From Cabin and David Caddy’s Afterword.
“The only literary magazine in the UK that lets the margins and the great tradition speak. It is a book to treasure.” Ketaki Kushari Dyson
