Muriel Rukeyser (1913-80) was one of the most significant and influential American poets of the 20th century. Her poetry confronts the turbulent currents of modern history as it explores... Læs mere
A collection of essays on Elizabeth Bishop drawing on work presented at the first UK Elizabeth Bishop confrence, held at Newcastle University. It brings together... Læs mere
The poems in Ailbhe Darcy's second collection relate to love, hope, home and children in a world under threat politically and environmentally. Insistence won the Wales Book of the Year Award... Læs mere
Hardi's first English collection charts lives of displacement and terror, repression and the subjugation of women, family love, flight and survival.
This anthology was copublished with Newcastle University. Its two editors worked with patients and medical staff to produce a selection of poems which they thought would be helpful to people recovering from physical and mental illness.
Revised and enlarged second edition of a substantial selection of Tagore's poems and songs first published by Bloodaxe in 1991, translated with an illustrated... Læs mere
Carolyn Forche is one of America's most important contemporary poets. Her later collections are visionary works drawing on work written over many years. In the Lateness of... Læs mere
Wayne Holloway-Smith’s second collection Love Minus Love is an innovative book-length sequence which Max Porter calls "unforgettably brilliant" and Fiona Benson calls "exciting,... Læs mere
This comprehensive edition of Russia's greatest modern poet, Anna Akhmatova (1899-1966), includes the complete texts of her major works Requiem, commemorating all of Stalin's victims, and Poem Without a Hero.
First collection by a young Black British poet already well-known on the UK performance circuit and for his work in schools. Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize
Pascale Petit’s Tiger Girl marks a shift from the Amazonian rainforests of her previous work to explore her grandmother’s Indian heritage and the fauna and flora of subcontinental jungles.... Læs mere
Elena Shvarts was the most outstanding Russian poet of her generation. Birdsong on the Seabed presents a selection of her later poetry. Russian-English dual language text. Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation.