Crow’s Reads

Rhapsody

A Manifesto

by Alice Oswald

Reception

  1. 2026
    The Guardian

    Reviewed by Fiona Sampson, 2 October

  • The Guardian · 2 October 2026

    Rhapsody: A Manifesto by Alice Oswald review – a history of the spoken word, from Homer to Ted Hughes

    A twisting, beguiling investigation into the art of poetry that ends in a call to arms on behalf of the natural world

    By Fiona Sampson

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

About the author

Alice Oswald, born 1966, United Kingdom.